Responding to Andy Burnham’s speech, Senior Economist at the Insitute of Economic Affairs Dr Valentin Boboc said: “Andy Burnham is … Continue reading “Devolution must mean responsibilities as well as powers”

Wales having control of its own judicial powers should not be an exception, but the norm. On 24 October, the … Continue reading “Wales should have fully devolved control over justice, policing and prisons”

The Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman and former Minister of Health, sits down with Sam Collins, … Continue reading “Norman Lamb and Liberalism”

The Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, former Minister of State for Health and current Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman, sat down … Continue reading “In Conversation With… Norman Lamb MP”

This article was first published by The Independent. One of the good ideas in yesterday’s Autumn Statement was the scrapping … Continue reading “Autumn Statement: splashing central government money around is not ‘devolution’”

Many people have taken to social media to ask why the terrorist massacres in Paris have been given so much … Continue reading “It’s natural to care more about those close to us – and that has implications for government”

The Economist, 11 April 2020 – Continued from part 1 (healthcare) – Up until 2016, the UK was one of the … Continue reading “An article from an unlikely future. Part 2: Decentralisation”

In all the sound and fury of the coming election, it’s important not to forget the areas where the parties … Continue reading “How and how not to devolve power”

If necessity is the mother of invention, politicians of all stripes will have to be spectacularly inventive in dealing with … Continue reading “Truly radical devolution of powers could banish big government in the UK forever”