Stories tagged “Devolution”.
Devised in 1978 as a temporary Treasury convenience, the Barnett formula still converts changes in English departmental spending into…
Health, schools and much else are run from Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, and a growing layer of English mayors, which makes half the UK…
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England's metro mayors each hold different slices of power. Here is a plain map of what is devolved…
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own parliaments with real powers — but Westminster can still overrule them. Here's how…
Devolution is the transfer of certain powers from the UK Parliament to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This explainer covers how it…
The gap between London and the rest of the UK is wider than in any comparable country. Productivity, wages, life expectancy, and investment…
The Scottish National Party dominated Scottish politics for a decade after the 2014 independence referendum, but scandals, leadership…
As Scotland edges closer to a second independence referendum and Welsh devolution demands grow louder, the United Kingdom's constitutional…
England's 11 metro mayors now govern over 40% of the population with powers over transport, housing, skills, and economic development. The…
Greater Manchester's combined authority was supposed to be a weak talking shop. Instead, Andy Burnham has built genuine political power…
Since 1999, Wales has quietly built a distinct policy picture—free prescriptions, different NHS structures, and its own approach to…
Despite the SNP's claims that Brexit would fuel independence support, polling shows Yes stuck at 45-48%. Economic concerns, currency…
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