Chancellor Rachel Reeves has arrived at Belfast on his first visit to the city and will meet Stormont ministers on Tuesday to discuss how to develop North Ireland’s economy.
She is visiting Northern Ireland’s biggest film and TV virtual production studio, Studio Ulster, helping the government’s expenses “creative industries”.
About one -third of funding for the £ 72M project came from funding Government’s bellfast area city deal,
Reeves is expected to meet Finance Minister John O’Dod and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengli during his visit.
Stormont The first and the first minister met Reavs last September, In the lobby bid for funding “Fairer” for public services in northern Ireland.
Since then, the government has faced its plans on its plans and later changes in winter fuel payment and welfare improvement, both must have made significant impact in Northern Ireland.
In Latest government spending review in JuneThe Chancellor announced a 2% increase in funding for Stormont Executive for next year.
But at that time, O’Dod warned that Stormont would still be left in a “financially constrained situation”.
Reeves is expected to travel a defense travel during his time in Belfast on Tuesday, and highlights how an uplift in defense spending in the UK will support jobs in Northern Ireland.