Business and policymakers need to work closely together to help weather the challenges Northern Ireland faces in the absence of an Executive.
That was the message from one of the province’s largest business organisations in reaction to news the Secretary of State has set a budget given the lack of functioning leadership at Stormont.
Speaking in the Houses of Commons, Chris Heaton-Harris, said he had been forced to set the budget in order to bring public finances in Northern Ireland under control and to give government departments an idea of their future spending power for 2023/2024.
