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Will Northern Ireland's devolution be suspended?
9th September 2015
The fragile power-sharing agreement between unionists and nationalists in the Northern Ireland Assembly is close to breaking down completely; Theresa Villiers, the Northern Ireland Secretary, is currently in Belfast to get negotiations between the two sides underway in an attempt to rescue devolution.
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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