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, Chancellor John Healey also announced direct Treasury investment of £7.5 million for a Queen’s University-led hub specialising in research and development in the cyber and AI industries.
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The Government said the summit will focus on strengthening east-west trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and will also highlight the region’s “potential” under post-Brexit rules that mean it is the “only place in the world with dual access to the UK internal market and EU market”.
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it → say → market
Under the Barnett formula, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive funding for devolved matters under their responsibility if the Government increases central investment in those areas in England.
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Government → receive → England
In Wednesday’s budget, that included Mr Healey’s headline move to provide a £100 cost-of-living payment to around 20 million households in qualifying council tax bands.
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that → include → bands
It will be for Stormont ministers to consider whether they introduce a similar scheme using the Barnett consequentials flowing from the introduction of the policy in England.
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they → consider → England
The £270 million Barnett allocation for Northern Ireland is spread across the current spending review period, which ends in 2029.
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which → spread → 2029
Stormont Finance minister John O’Dowd said the majority of the additional funds related to the £100 energy uplifts announced in England.
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majority → say → England
He said the remainder amounted to £44 million extra for the Executive.
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remainder → say → Executive
The £270 million relates to Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (TDEL) funding – which includes both resource spending on day-to-day services and investment in capital projects.
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which → relate → projects
Mr O’Dowd said when the figures were broken down, Stormont had actually lost out on £117 million for capital projects across four years.
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He said this was because of the Government increasing capital spend on defence projects.
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Other Budget measures affecting Northern Ireland include:
– The Budget has extended a temporary 0% VAT rate on domestic electricity bills for a further three months, to July 2027.
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Budget → read → July
This support has been delivered via an alternative mechanism in Northern Ireland, namely a £63 one-off payment, due to complications related to post-Brexit rules on VAT that apply in the region.
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that → deliver → region
The Treasury said it will provide funding for the Stormont Executive to provide comparable support with household electricity bills.
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Executive → say → bills
However, it added that the VAT relief measure was expected to apply in Northern Ireland from next April.
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measure → add → April
– The Budget introduced a British industrial competitiveness scheme to reduce costs for electricity-intensive manufacturing industries in Great Britain.
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Budget → introduce → Britain
The Treasury said the Northern Ireland Executive will receive funding to deliver a comparable scheme.
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Executive → say → scheme
– As part of investment in defence skills, the Government is to establish new defence technical excellence colleges in Scotland and Wales.
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The Treasury said it would work with Stormont ministers on a “region-wide defence skills and apprenticeship programme”.
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