Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept cookies
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • Russia has proved resilient to western sanctions, says Oleg Deripaska
    • Covid antiviral drug linked to ‘transmissible’ mutations, research finds
    • Global trade falls at fastest pace since pandemic
    • How TSMC’s chip plant is shaking up Japan
    • Greek leftists elect former Goldman Sachs associate as leader
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Companies
      Sections
      • Companies Home
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
      Most Read
      • ‘Get off the train’: Citi’s Jane Fraser sends tough message on big overhaul
      • Meta pays £149mn to break London office lease
      • Big Four accountancy firms shed UK staff after pandemic hiring boom
      • Santander ditched EY as financial crime consultant over alleged failings
      • Senior Nomura banker barred from leaving mainland China
    • Tech
    • Markets
      Sections
      • Markets Home
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      Most Read
      • The debt-fuelled bet on US Treasuries that’s scaring regulators
      • US Treasuries sell off as investors fret over long period of high rates
      • Live news: Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani for alleged computer fraud
      • News updates from September 25: Nissan boss says ‘move on’ from petrol cars, Global trade contracts
      • Glencore traded thousands of tonnes of Russian copper through Turkey
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      Sections
      • Opinion Home
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
      Most Read
      • US Republicans could finally win the argument on immigration
      • What the world should expect from a second Trump term
      • The problem with power parents
      • How the US is crushing Europe’s domestic exchanges
      • Why has Leeds, birthplace of the tram, ground to a halt?
    • Work & Careers
      Sections
      • Work & Careers Home
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      Most Read
      • Paternity leave in finance: ‘The more men do it, the less of a big deal it becomes’
      • The activist sued by Elon Musk: ‘We have to show we will not be cowed’
      • Success is more complicated than one exceptional individual
      • What Burberry taught me about the marketed mind
      • Can I start a business when I have MS?
    • Life & Arts
      Sections
      • Life & Arts Home
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
      Most Read
      • The generation divide in British chess 
      • Game, set, matched – when David Shrigley met Andy Murray
      • Raffles London and the new era of super-luxe hospitality
      • The best museum gift shops in the world
      • This Is New York review — exhibition captures the city’s unique joy, terror and exhilaration
    • HTSI
    MenuSearch
    • Home
    • World
    • US
    • Companies
    • Tech
    • Markets
    • Climate
    • Opinion
    • Work & Careers
    • Life & Arts
    • HTSI
    Financial Times
    SubscribeSign In

    UK devolution

    Add to myFT Digest

    Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Until now Sunak’s ‘moderate’ pose was his advantage

      Plus, reviews of green schemes show devolution plays second fiddle to political self-interest at national level

      Local residents and business owners protest about the impact on businesses of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Fulham, London
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      UK politics
      Decentralising UK taxes could be a balm amid needy electorate

      Politicians are nervous to admit taxes will go up — fiscal devolution might ease the process

      Birmingham City Council
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Scotland
      Scottish government unveils post-independence citizenship rules

      Humza Yousaf seeks to reverse population decline and address shortage of workers

      Humza Yousaf speaks at an event in Edinburgh
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      News in-depthClimate change
      Welsh town left on road to nowhere after Cardiff scraps new bypasses

      Environmentalists hail ‘world-leading’ curbs on new highway projects as angry locals worry about economic impact and increased pollution

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland struggles with fiscal crisis as politicians boycott executive

      Projected £1bn deficit has put region’s funding in the spotlight and threatens irreparable damage to public services

      Owen Crozier, manager of School Employer Connections
    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      DUP vows to extend Stormont boycott until N Ireland budget is boosted

      Hopes of quick return to power-sharing hit as Democratic Unionists demand extra funding and guarantees over place in UK

      DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaking to the media outside Stormont on Monday, surrounded by party MPs and MLAs
    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Sinn Féin cements place as Northern Ireland’s largest party

      Nationalists beat projections to take 144 of the 462 council seats in local elections

      Sinn Féin candidates celebrate winning six out of seven seats for the party in the Black Mountain district electoral area in Belfast
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland’s local elections overshadowed by Brexit stand-off

      DUP seeks to retain council dominance on Thursday in test of support for Stormont boycott

      DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Key players in N Ireland peace deal urge DUP to end Stormont boycott

      Region’s political parties need to do ‘the right thing’, says Tony Blair, 25 years on from historic GFA

      George Mitchell, former US senator, who chaired the peace talks
    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Scottish politics
      Scottish government to challenge London’s veto of gender legislation

      Move intensifies constitutional clash between Holyrood and Westminster

      Trans rights demonstrators at a rally in Glasgow in January
    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Sunak hails 1998 Northern Ireland peace deal as ‘incredible moment’

      UK prime minister set to meet US president in Belfast to celebrate 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

    • Friday, 7 April, 2023
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Northern Ireland celebrates its imperfect peace accord

      The Good Friday Agreement ended the region’s conflict but has struggled to underpin political stability

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Devolution dies in darkness

      Centralising devolved scrutiny in England doesn’t make much sense, but the mayoral system does need some sunlight

      Manchester’s city skyline
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Northern Ireland’s budget squeeze Premium content

      Plus, how childcare in the region is eating into household incomes

      US president Joe Biden
    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Chris Deerin
      Sturgeon’s exit prompts fresh turmoil for Scotland

      Unionists scent their opportunity as charismatic first minister leaves the independence cause without a champion

      Nicola Sturgeon stands on a podium with a ‘stronger for Scotland’ banner behind her
    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Devolution has stoked brutality and division in our politics

      As she resigned, Nicola Sturgeon complained of the toxic atmosphere that she and her party have contributed to in Scotland

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a stone pillar with the Scottish flag hanging over it. One red tartan stiletto is on top of the pillar, the other one falling off
    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Nicola Sturgeon
      Timeline: Nicola Sturgeon’s rise through Scottish politics

      From teenage SNP activist to first minister at Holyrood

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland’s Stormont assembly fails to elect speaker for sixth time

      DUP blocks move and sinks bid to use session to pass organ donor legislation

      Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill (left)meets six-year-old Daithi Mac Gabhann with his parents Mairtin Mac Gabhann (right) and mother Seph Ni Mheallain (second from left) on the steps of Parliament Buildings at Stormont
    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      UK politics
      Scotland calls on London to remove block on transgender bill

      Edinburgh minister warns that legal fight will delay implementation, causing further harm to trans people

      Demonstrators campaign for transgender rights outside the UK government office in Edinburgh on Thursday
    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK politics
      Former LGBT+ adviser warns Sunak against blocking Scottish gender bill

      Iain Anderson says move being considered by UK prime minister would hit country’s global reputation

      Members of the Scottish Family Party protest alongside supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news updates from January 5: McCarthy set to lose tenth Speaker vote, Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs
    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      UK politics
      Gove announces £1.4bn devolution deal for north-east England

      Region will acquire elected mayor with new powers if agreement wins local approval

      Michael Gove
    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Philip Stephens
      Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland

      Unionist intransigence over the Irish Sea border rests on insecurity

      Black and white photo from 1922 showing armed troops guarding barricades in Belfast to prevent further rioting
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      UK politics
      Labour moots ‘biggest’ transfer of power from Westminster

      Proposals by former PM Gordon Brown include scrapping Lords and moving 50,000 civil servants out of London

      Former prime minister Gordon Brown, left, greets Labour leader Keir Starmer
    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Instant InsightDavid Allen Green
      Ruling against Scottish independence vote throws ball back in political arena

      The Supreme Court judgment was legally disappointing for the Holyrood government but gives it more ammunition

      Scottish independence supporters wave Scottish national flags outside the Supreme Court
    Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

    Useful links

    Support

    View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

    Legal & Privacy

    Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

    Services

    Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

    Tools

    PortfolioToday’s Newspaper (FT Digital Edition)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

    Community & Events

    FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

    More from the FT Group

    Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2023. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
    The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
    Financial Times

    International Edition

    Subscribe for full access
    • Switch to UK Edition

    Top sections

    • Home
    • World
      • Global Economy
      • UK
      • US
      • China
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • Emerging Markets
      • Europe
      • War in Ukraine
      • Americas
      • Middle East & North Africa
      • Australia & NZ
    • US
      • US Economy
      • US Companies
      • US Politics & Policy
    • Companies
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
    • Tech
    • Markets
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
    • Work & Careers
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
    • Life & Arts
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
    • Personal Finance
      • Property & Mortgages
      • Investments
      • Pensions
      • Tax
      • Banking & Savings
      • Advice & Comment
      • Next Act
    • HTSI
    • Special Reports

    FT recommends

    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Lunch with the FT
    • FT Globetrotter
    • #techAsia
    • Moral Money
    • Visual and data journalism
    • Newsletters
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • News feed
    • FT Live Events
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
    • myFT
    • Portfolio
    • Today’s Newspaper (FT Digital Edition)
    • Crossword
    • Our Apps
    • Help Centre
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In