Khadeem Duncan-Banerjee: If the Government wants every school to become an academy, devolution is key

It should consider how it can give responsibilities to regional mayors and county councils.

Murdo Fraser: A Senate and a Council of Ministers are the next steps towards a reformed Union

The second in a three-part series on how the Government can deliver a strong, secure future for the United Kingdom.

Andy Street: Regional government must be at the heart of the Levelling Up agenda

We have the on-the-ground experience to put public money to effective use and ensure it delivers for all.

Gove’s new role leaves the Government’s pro-Union strategy looking more muddled than ever

The new ‘Minister for Intergovernmental Relations’ points one way, Boris Johnson’s flagship constitutional legislation the other.

Andrew RT Davies: Voters deserve a full, separate inquiry into the Welsh Government’s handling of Covid-19

Mark Drakeford and his ministers are never slow to demand more powers, but seem much less keen on proper accountability.

Andy Street: How devolving power to metro mayors delivers better transport for local people

The Government’s actions are also a sign of confidence in the combined authority model.

Carl Les: North Yorkshire’s opportunity to become a rural powerhouse

Creating a single new council from the eight currently operating will be a huge change. With devolution, the aim is to kick-start sustainable economic recovery.

A formal alliance with the Greens shows that the SNP are on the defensive

The move shores up their position within the separatist movement at the expense of reaching out to sceptics and unionists.

Henry Hill: Westminster can thwart the SNP’s attempt to entrench their emergency Covid powers

It’s absurd to demand the right to force Scotland into lockdown when you need the British Treasury to pay for it.

Barry Lewis: County Councils can drive county deals. We don’t need more layers of government through Metro Mayors.

Powers over transport and infrastructure will help us shape the places of the future. Devolved skills budgets will get the support young people need.

Henry Hill: The UK Internal Market Act empowers Johnson to take the fight to Sturgeon on drugs policy

Whilst the First Minister flirts with illegal ‘shooting galleries’, the Government can step in to support the rehab beds Scotland really needs.

Henry Hill: Sunak must always remember that the Treasury is one of the few truly British departments

As Chancellor, he has almost unique scope to make the presence of the UK felt in people’s lives throughout the country. That carries risks.

Johnson puts the case for more localism in England. Now he must deliver it.

The more radical his plans are, the more resistance there will be. But one can’t serve up a municipal omelette without breaking eggs.

Henry Hill: Scrapping EVEL makes muscular unionism more important than ever

One can’t plead both ‘our inter-connected United Kingdom’ against English Votes and ‘the spirit of devolution’ against Ukima.

After three by-elections and before tomorrow’s Covid announcement, here are five big challenges for Johnson

The further the act of leaving the EU recedes, the more 2019’s Tory voters will move on – as two recent by-elections reminded us.