The 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election

This IfG Insight paper outlines everything you need to know before the people of Northern Ireland go to the polls on 2 March. 

This data-driven analysis reveals the situation in Northern Ireland following the UK's decision to leave the European Union. In six charts, it finds:

• Northern Ireland enjoys high but declining public spending
• Attitudes to Brexit divide along sectarian lines
• Northern Ireland receives more EU funding per head than the rest of the UK
• Northern Ireland does not want a return to Westminster rule
• DUP and Sinn Féin dominance is unlikely to change
• Sectarian identities have weakened but the political system has not caught up