Poots confirms £293million secured for Direct Payments in 2020

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has confirmed that farmers will share £293million in Direct Payments for the 2020 scheme year and that his Department aims to make full payments from 16 October 2020.

Personal Independence Payment Review

The Department for Communities has appointed Ms Marie Cavanagh to carry out the second independent statutory Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment.

New Deloitte Business Transformation Assured Skills Academy seeks untapped tech talent

The Department for the Economy, in partnership with Deloitte, is offering 20 places in a new Business Transformation Assured Skills Academy.

20,000 people benefit from Family Farm Health Check

A significant milestone was reached today when the highly popular Farm Family Health Check Programme celebrated its 20,000th health screening.

We must work together to deliver real change for victims of serious sexual assault: Long

Justice Minister Naomi Long has stressed the importance of working together across the justice system, the Executive and the voluntary and community sector to implement the recommendations of the Gillen Report in a way that will delivers the reform envisaged.