You may have noticed that there's lots in the news lately about the political issue of devolution. But what is devolution, and why is everyone talking about it right now? Here's everything you need to ...

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Millions of voters will head to the polls on 7 May, for local elections in England and national parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales. The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, ...

A memo recorded Sir Keir Starmer telling ministers to be prepared to make decisions even if it was against the wishes of a UK nation's devolved government The prime minister has defended his approach ...

Three nationalist first ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales may not prove the triumph for nationalism they seem ...

Almost three decades ago Labour set up the Scottish parliament, promising voters that ‘the Union will be strengthened and the ...

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Alex de Ruyter, director of the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University and David Hearne, researcher at the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University, on the prime ...

When the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, recently told a group of MPs that devolution in Scotland has been a “disaster” he raised an interesting question. Has handing greater powers to the Scottish ...

In the wake of last year’s ‘no’ vote on Scottish Independence, and the recommendations of the Smith Commission tasked with taking forward devolution commitments made by Westminster, the UK Government ...