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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Stormont decisions could unlock £3.3bn in spending power, Treasury review finds

The Treasury has reviewed spending in Stormont departments (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

Stormont ministers could make decisions which would unlock up to £3.3 billion in additional spending power each year, a Treasury analysis of Northern Ireland’s finances has concluded.

The Open Book Review of Northern Ireland Executive Budget said if powersharing ministers had taken forward “even an eighth” of options available to them, they might have avoided a budget overspend in the last financial year.

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