Also: Dublin urged to ‘come clean’ over support for IRA during the Troubles; Welsh tax powers come into force; and Salmond inquiry tells Sturgeon not to destroy evidence.
Also: Tory MPs lead the charge against prosecutions of ex-servicemen who served in Ulster; Ulster Unionist leader savages DUP; and more.
Devolution has given us the chance to solve the long-standing transport and infrastructure problems which have been holding us back.
Also: Ministers brace for fight with SNP over ‘Stronger Towns Fund’; Scottish Government backpedalling hard on welfare devolution; and more.
With Westminster, Holyrood, and City Hall all setting overlapping rules, confusion and expense are sure to follow.
As predicted, they have scarcely profited from the collapse of UKIP – and now Abolish the Assembly is mounting a challenge for the unionist vote.
Also: possible breakthrough for devoscepticism as ‘Abolish the Assembly’ projected to win seats; and Scottish Tories embroiled in EU referendum row.
If you’d had to guess which of their MPs would rebel on the deal, Lamont and Ross wouldn’t have made the top six.
Former service personnel of working age are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as those in the UK general population.
Losing both them and the DUP will send a very strong signal to every Conservative MP about its implications for the Union.
Also: May meets new Plaid leader in Downing Street; Bradley mulls ‘external mediator’ for devolution talks; SNP row over ‘People’s Vote’; and more.
We have a habit of looking back at policy platforms pursued by previous Conservative Governments, and attempting to bring back popular policies like a poor Hollywood remake.
The British Government has repeatedly and recently confirmed that abortion law has long been a devolved matter, and it should stay that way.
Both the type and quantity of migration that is desirable would be better decided at a more local level.
Cardiff Bay has incubated an insular cartel whose hostility to reform is delivering public apathy and policy failure.