Devolution
Coronavirus and devolution
Major public services affected by the pandemic are the responsibility of the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
How will the Northern Ireland protocol work?
This event examined how the Northern Ireland protocol might operate and what needs to be done to make it work.
Electoral systems across the UK
The devolved legislatures are elected using different voting systems to the first-past-the-post system. How do they work?
The PM’s rhetoric risks the Northern Ireland protocol not being operational in time
Boris Johnson’s denial that there will be checks in the Irish Sea harms preparations in the region
David Mundell
David Mundell talks about his time in the Scotland Office and his relationship with the Scottish government during the 2014 independence referendum.
The Sewel Convention has been broken by Brexit – reform is now urgent
The time has come to overhaul a convention which is no longer working.
Stormont may be back but now is not the time to move the Northern Ireland secretary
Julian Smith needs to stay in post to oversee the implementation of his deal
Northern Ireland: restoration of the power-sharing executive
In January 2020, the Northern Ireland Assembly nominated a new Northern Ireland executive, ending the three-year deadlock.
Northern Ireland protocol: consent mechanism
The Withdrawal Agreement concluded by the UK government and the EU contains special arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Holding the Union together may be this government’s biggest challenge
The general election result and the next stage of the Brexit process means serious questions must now be asked about the future of the United Kingdom.