Current Affairs Digest: Economics (May 2021)
Catch up on economics articles you may have missed. This month we take an in-depth look at the funding of devolved governments.
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Leaving the EU: Impact on the Good Friday Agreement (191 KB , PDF)
This Briefing provides background information on the changing context for the Good Friday Agreement represented by Brexit; summarises aspects of the withdrawal negotiations particularly relating to Northern Ireland; and provides a summary of the political context in which the negotiations are currently taking place within the UK. It then provides a brief overview of recent developments relating to the three main strands of the Agreement in the context of Brexit, before concluding with a selection of suggested reading for additional information on this sensitive and complex subject.
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Leaving the EU: Impact on the Good Friday Agreement (191 KB , PDF)
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Queen’s Speech 2021: UK-EU relationship
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Queen’s Speech 2021: devolved affairs
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