Within Wales, the local councils provide the main focus for democratic politics below the devolved government in Cardiff, and organise the provision of most local services. As part of our2017 Audit of UK Democracy,James Downelooks athow well they fulfil their roles. A statue in Blaenau Gwent c...
Local authorities play key roles in the devolved government of Northern Ireland, as expressions of communities that were in the past highly polarised on religious and political lines. They are also the only other source of elected legitimacy to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive, and ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: English Regions Are Offered the Chance of Devolved Power ; Tories Say Prescott Is Destroying the Cherished Map of Britain by Replacing County Councils with New Mini-ParliamentsENGLAND IS to get up to eight new mini-parliaments with tax- raising powers under plans published by ...
However, within the UK, Wales has a degree of political autonomy. It has its own parliament, theSenedd Cymruor Welsh Parliament, which has the power to make legislation in a range of devolved areas such as health, education, and the environment. But the UK Parliament in Westminster retains ...
In 2019, then prime minister Boris Johnson was accused of a purdah breach after he announced new funding for the devolved administrations while on a visit to Brecon and Radnorshire in Wales, where a by-election was being held. The government said at the time the announcement was not spe...
There was a public vote held in Wales in 1997 to determine whether we should have more control over our own laws and government policies. As a result of that vote, a National Assembly for Wales was created and certain powers started to be moved (“devolved”) from Westminster to Wales. ...
Absence of Separate Government Institutions:Unlike Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which have their owndevolved parliaments or assemblies, England does not have its own separate governing body. Legislative matters affecting only England are dealt with in the UK Parliament, where representatives fr...
A petition to the Senedd in Wales to restore Erasmus+ was rejected on the grounds that “it asks the Senedd to do something that it is not able to do”. It did however suggest signing an alternative petition as “the Welsh Government may be able to establish its own international exchange...
Image:The iconic site of Harland & Wolff's shipyard in Belfast How does this relate to the Northern Ireland assembly? The DUP is one of two parties that shares power in the devolved government in Northern Ireland. But the party has been staging a boycott and...
His government also held referendums in which the Scottish and Welsh electorates voted in favour of devolved administration. In Northern Ireland, Blair was involved in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement. Blair supported the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration, and ensured that the...