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A Tory website has published an article calling for the abolition of the Senedd because the party can’t win elections in Wales.
Despite its success in the EU and local elections this year, the party could have its work cut out to win seats as it pushes for devolutio
Wales voted for Brexit by the same margin as the UK overall, 52 to 48 per cent, in sharp contrast to Northern Ireland and Scotland. / There is evidence that disproportionate support for Leave among the 21 per cent of Welsh voters who were born in England tipped the vote for Leave in Wales.
Who really owns UK fishing quotas?
07/12/2020
Fishing has been one of the key sticking points in talks over a future UK/EU trade deal.
Whether there is a Brexit deal or not, the Scottish and UK governments are heading into another constitutional standoff with legislation to set up an "internal market" passing through Westminster. What is the latest row all about?
Westminster on collision course with Edinburgh and Cardiff over plans for repatriation of powers after Brexit
16/07/2020
Proposals denounced as 'power grab' by Scottish National Party.
The EU withdrawal bill contains a power grab of critical devolved areas such as fishing and farming – and even aspects of our independent justice system
Senedd members have rejected a post-Brexit law on trade in the UK after claims it would "neuter" devolution.
Welsh Government says EU replacement fund will leave Wales 'with less say, over less money'.
13/04/2022
The Welsh Government says the Shared Prosperity Fund is a broken promise because it means Wales will get hundreds of millions of pounds less than it received from the EU.
Welsh Government legal action over trade law
17/01/2021
The Welsh Government plans to take the UK government to court over a new law that sets the rules of trade between different UK nations after Brexit.
Wales’ Potential First Minister Backs Rejoining EU Single Market and Calls for ‘Honest Conversation’ on Impact of Brexit
29/01/2024
In an exclusive interview, Jeremy Miles says he wants a frank discussion about Brexit’s hit to the economy – and calls for far greater devolution for Wales.
THE Welsh Government has accused the Tories of “levelling down” their nation after the UK Government confirmed it will receive less than one-seventh of the funding it would have gotten from the EU.
Bill, set to become law after concessions on devolved nations, ‘act of constitutional sabotage’.
BORDER checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Implications for Devolution - Prof. Michael Dougan, University of Liverpool
16/09/2020
Brexit Research by EU Law @ Liverpool - This briefing paper examines those provisions of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (“UKIM” / “the Bill”) specifically relating to internal UK trade; together with their potential impacts upon the devolution settlements in Scotland and Wales.
The survey, fieldwork for which was conducted last year, found 52% of people said Scotland should be governed as an independent country.
Philip Rycroft says PM’s ‘muscular brand of unionism’ has deepened divisions between four nations.
The government has set out a plan to overhaul EU laws copied over after Brexit - a move it says will cut unnecessary "red tape" for businesses.
Twenty-five committees and five study groups to cover almost every conceivable area of interest between the EU and UK have still not been established.
'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'
Nicola Sturgeon calls for immigration powers to be devolved as industry bodies condemn proposals.