Declan McLean

At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claimed that she personally blocked the GRR Bill.

But s35 of the Scotland Act hands the veto power exclusively to the SoS for Scotland.

Either Badenoch has misled the House or s35 was/is interpreted as a veto power for ANY UK Gov minister

Ministers put in long hours and work hard. For me, the issue isn’t so much the pay, but how many are being paid it.

The Scottish Government is bloated with a number of seemingly overlapping portfolios, blurring lines of accountability

Amid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class | Kenan Malik New sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty

Ymchwil gan Rob Jones yn cael sylw (haeddianol) yma>>>

Research by @walesgovernance.bsky.social colleague Rob Jones featuring here>>>

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Constitution Unit publishes major new report on options for constitutional reform The Constitution Unit has today published a major new report, The Constitutional Landscape: Options for Reform, by Lisa James, Patrick Thomas, Alan Renwick and Meg Russell.

In case you missed it, we published a new report on options for constitutional reform today.

@lisajames.bsky.social, Patrick Thomas, @alanrenwick.bsky.social and Meg Russell discuss the current situation and possible reforms in 31 areas across the constitutional landscape.

Read all about it 👇

Voting on the landmark Employment Rights Bill in Parliament - our new deal for working people and the biggest upgrade to rights at work in a generation.

🔴day one rights in work
🔴strengthening sick pay
🔴ending fire and rehire
🔴banning exploitative zero hour contracts

Many thanks to @uofgpolicy.bsky.social for the invitation to contribute to this afternoon’s workshop on the challenges of devolved law-making following the UNCRC case.

It was an engaging discussion, exploring how the devolved policy sphere is navigated and the implications for future legislation.

Committee stage on the hereditary peerages bill began with a classic

Former Welsh Secretary Simon Hart tells Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement that he's anti-devolution. Who knew?

UK unions welcome ministers’ decision to bolster workers’ rights bill Unions delighted that there has been no watering down of plans, which will apply to England, Scotland and Wales Trade unions declared victory on Tuesday as Labour bolstered a string of measures in its workers’ rights bill, amid criticism of the…

UK unions welcome ministers’ decision to bolster workers’ rights bill

This is like watching a dumbstruck theatre cast member being handed their lines during a performance.

The only difference is that parliamentary debate shouldn’t be so blatantly scripted.

The law officers: a constitutional and functional overview This paper provides an overview of the constitutional status and functions of the law officers of the United Kingdom. This includes the law officers of the UK Government and those that advise the thre...

New House of Commons Library paper on the law officers by two of the good guys

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Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

For those following the English #devolution debate, the UK Govt has today confirmed that six areas will be prioritised for potential mayoral elections in 2026:
1) Cumbria;
2) Cheshire and Warrington;
3) Greater Essex;
4) Hampshire and Solent;
5) Norfolk and Suffolk; and
6) Sussex and Brighton

Delighted to be (a small) part of the big @ukandeu.bsky.social big Brexit Files report. media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u... My 1000 words (at p 123) considers how UK political leaders - and decisions taken by the U.K. Supreme Court - have weakened devolution since the Brexit referendum. A wee 🧵 1/n

🎉 IT’S HERE! 🎉

📔 Our major new report

‘The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset’

✍️ Written by leading academic experts for the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it covers three key areas of the Brexit story 🧵

Daily Record article from 2020 about the unsanctioned overdose prevention centre

Britain's first official Overdose Prevention Centre opened in Glasgow this morning. I am grateful to everyone who has worked for many years to realise this.

5 years ago, I volunteered with Peter Krykant to start the UK's first unofficial overdose prevention pilot.

Scotland must confront its stagnant politics Tony Blair’s vision of a technologically innovative economy could save the ailing state.

Tony Blair’s vision of a technologically innovative economy could save Scotland's ailing state and stagnant politics.

By Chris Deerin

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Making sense of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2025-26 Following Rachel Reeves’ decisions on taxation, spending and borrowing, this was always going to be a “big” budget. The Welsh Government had significantly more funding to allocate than was expected…

🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad cyntaf o Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 gan Guto Ifan o Ddadansoddi Cyllid Cymru 🧮

🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

Rydyn ni’n cynnal ein darlith flynyddol heno yn y Pierhead ym Mae Caerdydd gyda cyn-arweinydd tîm cynghorwyr arbennig Llywodraeth Cymru, Jane Runeckles.

Our 2024 Annual Lecture this evening is being delivered by Jane Runeckles, former head of Welsh Government special advisors.

Since he’s not here my colleague David Torrance has just published a paper that’s the result of a year long exercise of trying to ‘map’ or rather identify and summarise all the various sources of the UK constitution.

He’s asked for feedback on any omissions/errors etc

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So for all the folks interested, or based, in #Wales here is an easy (non-comprehensive!!!) list of 150 of the best follows.

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