"There was no appetite in Wales for a further referendum on devolution and this provided a brake on such a radical change ...

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 ...

The UK Government is seeking bids from mayoral strategic authorities in England to take control of rail in their areas ...

The UK Government is seeking bids from mayoral strategic authorities in England to take control of rail in their areas ...

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance ...

The former Prime Minister was critical of the performance of Wales' devolved government, newly-released cabinet papers show ...

In retrospect, the rhetoric of Holyrood’s driving spirits looks overblown, and, in some cases, ridiculously wide of the mark. Tony Blair spoke about a better way of governing, that would ‘bring power ...

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IN RECENT YEARS it has sometimes seemed as if the only question worth asking about the state of the United Kingdom is which of its four nations would be the first to break away. Northern Ireland, ...

Daniel Wincott receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Legal Education Foundation. The UK officially left the EU in January 2020 but it currently remains within the ...

Richard Whitman receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council under the UK in a Changing Europe initiative. He is affiliated with Chatham House as a Senior Visiting Fellow. When the ...

IT HAS now been two weeks since Scotland got control over income tax, the so-called Scottish Rate of Income Tax (or SRIT). Under this deal, Scotland has put in its own 10p rate of tax, and Westminster ...