What does devolution mean and how does it work across the UK?

The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, which work alongside the Westminster Parliament. There are ...

Devolution isn’t proving a motorway to independence. It’s a dual-carriageway to nowhere

Three nationalist first ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales may not prove the triumph for nationalism they seem ...
Belfast Live on MSNOpinion

The Executive's unity exposes the limits of devolution amidst fuel crisis

"Households are already absorbing the impact, and in that context, by the time payments arrive, the immediate shock will have ...
Civil Service World

Why are the UK nations still so bad at learning from each other’s policy successes and failures?

Twenty-five years after parliaments and governments opened in Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh, a new PolicyWISE report has ...
Reuters

Northern Irish devolution unlikely to appease dissidents

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Dissident republican unrest is likely to rumble on in Northern Ireland as economic downturn and political disaffection drive a new generation of activists left outside a peace ...