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How AG’s office is sabotaging devolution

When the Task Force on Devolved Government (TFDG) went around the country last year collecting the views of the public on how effective devolved government should be implemented, there were a number ...
The Africa Report

Kenya: Ruto asks central government to transfer functions to counties

During a meeting with Kenyan governors, President William Ruto ordered the transfer of all pending budgets and functions that are still being held by the national government to counties. “This ...
Reuters

UK to set N.Ireland budget in absence of devolved government

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The British government said on Thursday it would set the 2022/23 budget for Northern Ireland in the absence of a functioning devolved government. "We recognise the public in ...

Papers reveal Blair said voters had 'no appetite' for more Welsh powers

A written record from 2004 shows the then prime minister saying his government had 'lanced the boil of separatism'.
Irish Central

Death of journalist Lyra McKee major driver in ongoing NI talks, reveals Secretary of State

Over two and a half years since the collapse of the devolved government in Stormont, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley speaks to IrishCentral about devolution, the power of the ...
Barron's

N. Ireland Devolved Government Deadline Extended Again

A missed deadline to hold an election in Northern Ireland unless the region's long-suspended devolved government is restored was extended by the British government on Tuesday to February 8. The Barron ...
Reuters

Northern Ireland to launch new bid to restore devolved government

BELFAST (Reuters) - The British and Irish governments are to launch a new round of talks between Northern Ireland's main parties next week in a bid to re-establish devolved government and avoid a ...
The Economist

Northern Irish devolution collapses—again

NORTHERN IRELAND’S most famous exports include Rory McIlroy, George Best, Van Morrison—and peace. Since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, it has been marketed around the world as a template for ...
The Conversation

How the UK government’s veto of Scotland’s gender recognition bill brought tensions in the union to the surface

Stephen Clear does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Economist

How is Northern Ireland governed—and why is that government not working?

SINCE FEBRUARY Northern Ireland has been without a government. Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party, the pro-British first minister, resigned in protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the ...
The Conversation

Should the devolved governments fear Westminster politicians bearing gifts?

Michael Keating is Director of the ESRC Centre on Constitutional Change. Boris Johnson’s trip to the Scottish capital was accompanied by an announcement of £300m in spending for the three devolved ...