In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UKAs a journalist, I have specialised in Wales, Welsh politics...
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Government has ‘last chance’ to get it right, says
Former Democratic Unionist party leader’s legal team has lodged
A hasty handover from Starmer meant his successor has
A hasty handover from Starmer meant his successor has
Reform leader says he’s been ‘demonised’ since revelation he
Former Greater Manchester mayor, who will take over as
MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich cleared over
The incoming PM has made a strong start –
The incoming PM has made a strong start –
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