Devolution
Publication
Intergovernmental Relations in the UK: Time for a Radical Overhaul?
Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic have put relationships between the UK government and its devolved counterparts under growing strain.
News
Ending of the hybrid House of Commons breached fundamental democratic principles
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Dear Mr Rees-Mogg
Opinion
Scotland, the last in line to relax lockdown
As the Scottish Government finally publishes a strategy for emerging from lockdown, it has been able to hold on to the maximum time and benefit from full restrictions.
Opinion
Johnson gives an opening to covid policy dealignment
As the devolved administrations show increasing confidence in charting their own course, Richard Parry reviews a crucial few days in the UK's response to the virus.
Opinion
Why have the UK's governments diverged on easing lockdown?
,Jack Sheldon and Michael Kenny consider why Boris Johnson’s televised address on a phased approach to easing lockdown has sparked public disagreements with the devolved governments,
Opinion
Contrasting responses to a common virus
Richard Parry discusses the varied responses to the pandemic between the devolved nations in the UK and beyond, and what this tells us about the relationship between the polit
Opinion
Territorial governance and the coronavirus crisis
,Michael Kenny and Jack Sheldon, University of Cambridge, discuss the seemingly co-ordinated approach from governments throughout the UK in response to the coronavirus, but all may n
Opinion
Stormont Restored: New Decade, New Approach?
After three years of stasis, devolution in Northern Ireland is grinding back into gear, following the publication at the end of last week of
Opinion
Devolution and the Environment - now the show begins?
In this blog from our "Twenty Years of Devolution" series, Colin Reid, Professor of Environmental Law at University of Dundee, notes that while the role of EU law in environmental matters has s