Devolution in the UK is the transfer of powers from the Westminster Parliament to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly. It changed how Britain is governed. Yet it did not change who holds the final word. This article traces the origin of devolution, follows its development from the Home Rule […]
Politics
Politics of Urban Planning: Ideologies, Reforms and Outcomes — The UK Parties Case
Introduction: Is Urban Planning Really Politics? There is a comforting fiction in modern government: that planning is a technical craft, separable from the clash of values that fills the debating chamber. On this view, politicians argue about ends — who deserves what, how society should be ordered — while a neutral machinery of rules, plans, […]