The Latest Breaking News from Conor Murphy

One former finance minister said the UK Government had an opportunity to offset some of the deficit by spreading it over a number of years

The Secretary of State will set the budget for Northern Ireland in the absence of Stormont Executive Ministers.

DUP MLA Gordon Lyons said the budgetary crisis is the result of a £300 million overspend and cannot be fixed by returning to the executive.

It follows concerns that an unresolved tax "loophole" means some student accommodation blocks do not pay rates

The NI Secretary said his budget was required to bring bring public finances in NI under control.

Conor Murphy MLA said the collapse of Stormont had left departments struggling to control spending.

Conor Murphy spoke out after Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris failed to set a date for a new poll on Friday.

Almost £12 million held in dormant accounts in Northern Ireland has been awarded to more than 130 organisations in the region, the Finance Minister has said. Conor Murphy visited Air Ambulance NI on Tuesday to see how £100,000 the charity secured from Stormont’s Dormant Accounts Fund has been put to…

The Agriculture Minister was told a referral to the Executive was "required" as the matter was "likely to be considered controversial"

"The Government has provided the Northern Ireland Executive with substantial additional funding through the Barnett formula"

Stormont’s Finance Minister welcomed the decision to abandon plans to abolish the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.