- Hanson welcomes returning Assembly with rates boost
Finance Minister, David Hanson, has confirmed the introduction of a cap on domestic rates and additional help for pensioners on low incomes.
- ERINI to conduct industrial de-rating review
The Finance Minister, David Hanson MP, has confirmed the appointment of the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland to conduct a review of industrial de-rating.
- Mortality statistics for 2006 released
The number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2006 was 14,500 a small increase on the 14,200 deaths registered in 2005, which was the lowest number of deaths on record.
- Increase in the number of births in Northern Ireland
The number of births registered in 2006 was 23,300 – 1,000 more births than in 2005 and the fourth annual increase from the record low of 21,400 births in 2002.
