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The Ongoing Devolution Processes in the United Kingdom

Huw Pritchard

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The Scottish independence referendum in 2014 was a significant constitutional event in the United Kingdom. Following the Scottish vote to remain a part of the union, the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, initiated several processes to enhance devolution in Scotland and in every other nation of the UK as well. This chapter discusses those reforms in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and consider their implications for the UK constitution as a whole.

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The Scottish independence referendum in 2014 was a significant constitutional event in the United Kingdom. Following the Scottish vote to remain a part of the union, the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, initiated several processes to enhance devolution in Scotland and in every other nation of the UK as well. This chapter discusses those reforms in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and consider their implications for the UK constitution as a whole.

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The Scottish independence referendum in 2014 was a significant constitutional event in the United Kingdom. Following the Scottish vote to remain a part of the union, the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, initiated several processes to enhance devolution in Scotland and in every other nation of the UK as well. This chapter discusses those reforms in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and consider their implications for the UK constitution as a whole.

Key concepts: Devolution (biology), Referendum, Prime minister, Home rule, Kingdom, Northern ireland, Brexit, Constitution

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