The article assesses the consolidation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
in turn. Despite the different conditions, the same questions are of general relevance. Firstly …

The UK's devolution reforms were built on long-standing practices of differentiated territorial
administration in the non-English parts of the UK. With devolution those practices became …

The election of the Labour government in May 1997 and the subsequent devolution of
political power to the countries of the UK in 1999 have created the possibility of health …

1. This is the third and final report of a three-year project. Its aims have been:• to assess the
impact to date of political devolution on arrangements for governance and accountability in …

A curious feature of the present UK debate on devolution is its insularity. The debate seems
scarcely to have been informed by those concrete experiences of decentralised government …

In contrast to Scotland, devolution in Wales in the late 1990s was some way from
representing the settled will of the people. It received affirmation in the 1997 referendum by …

Regions want devolution because they believe that they can manage their own affairs better
than a distant national Government. In the case of Wales in 1998, there was a perception …

By definition, the territorial integrity of any state is central to its constitution. The UK territorial
constitution–meaning how it governs the distinct communities that constitute the state–has …

The starting point for this research has been to understand the impact on the prospects of
disadvantaged places of new and emerging governance structures and arrangements at the …