Emergency funding of £5m has been secured through the West Yorkshire Devolution Deal to support the region's economic recovery from Covid-19. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has agreed to unlock ...
Is Westminster best placed to make detailed funding decisions on devolution? The Prime Minister seems determined to compete with politicians across the Union yet does not fully understand the devolved ...
The most important levers of power remain with Westminster, leaving Scotland dependent on the “good chaps” theory of government. By Rory Scothorne For all the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron ...
First Minister Paul Givan has accused Westminster of “disrespecting” devolution by issuing a direction that would force Stormont to set up full abortion services. Paul Givan said Secretary of State ...
Devolution is under “systematic attack” from a hostile UK Government, Scottish Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson has claimed. He argued that UK ministers are using Brexit and the Internal Market ...
One of the MPs behind an influential report into levelling up through ‘double devolution’ has told LGC he believes councils are “pushing at an open door” because the government has “an appetite” for ...
During a far-reaching speech this week the Prime Minister said the government needed to "rewrite the rulebook" and take a "more flexible approach to devolution" in England. Though Mr Johnson conceded ...