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I asked #ground news app not to say #UK doctor strike on their #headlines and change it to #England
And they actually did so!
Quickly!!!
If you haven't checked out:
ground.news/
yet I recommend you do
News aggregator (but I needed to ditch #Google #news ) and it shows the bias and political leaning split of spun sources which is fun. If you subscribe the highest level does #factCheck on #writers and outlets so you know where salt pinch/mountain is a help
#Scotland #devolution

Ground NewsGround NewsTop Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news

A classic bit of England-centric reporting on #r4today. The lead story was the extension of free school meals in England, and to discuss they had a talking head from the IFS and a plummy-voiced self-styled “food campaigner”.

Why not ask someone from #Scotland, #Wales or #NorthernIreland about whether their governments’ policies (which already go further than the proposed English one will) have worked, and their impact‽

#NotInventedHereSyndrome
#Devolution
#UKpolitics #UKpol

That was the question addressed by the writer Gerry Hassan in his Bella Caledonia article earlier this week (After Sturgeon & “Sturgeonism”: facing up to the undemocracy of Scotland). Tackling the legacy of the long Nicola Sturgeon administration, he characterised the SNP’s time in government as the “…politics of caution, management and administration”
Stands Scotland where it did? theorkneynews.scot/2025/03/26/ #AlecRoss, #Devolution, #NicolaSturgeon, #Politics, #ScottishIndependence, #UKGovernment

The Orkney News · Stands Scotland where it did?That was the question addressed by the writer Gerry Hassan in his Bella Caledonia article earlier this week (After Sturgeon & “Sturgeonism”: facing up to the undemocracy of Scotland). Tackling …

Hmmm, as the devolution/reorganisation of the North West continues to be discussed & lobbied about, it looks Angela Rayner is thinking that Lancashire will get an elected Mayor....

May the (shadow) campaigning begin!

#Lancashire #devolution

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7890j

BBC NewsLancashire will get elected mayor, deputy prime minister says"By May 2026, the whole of the North will have mayors," Angela Rayner tells a conference.

So Angela Rayner's plan for a shake-up of local democracy has been confirmed; more mayors, a shift to unitary authorities, more TfL like transport bodies.... and so on.

Much of this sounds interesting, but the key issue will be whether Whitehall can really let go of control, or whether there will still be an attempt to ensure its all moving to national Govt. 'priorities' (and using funding levers as in the past).

I guess we'll find out in time!

#devolution #democracy

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0xz4

BBC NewsCouncils to be merged in major overhaul of local powersMinisters plan to combine smaller councils across England, prompting warnings of "turmoil" over mergers.

Labour Together (the think tank formally led by Starmer's new Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeny), suggests that further devolution & aligning decision-making with regional governance will have a positive impact on England's ability to recover from the devastation of austerity & economic mismanagement; even without extra funding, further devolution would have a positive impact.

Whether Labour can forego the centralising dynamic of Westminster is another issue.

#devolution
labourtogether.uk/all-reports/

Labour TogetherPublic Service Reform and Devolution — Labour TogetherThis report, by Sam Freedman, sets out how empowering mayors with greater oversight of the health, education, criminal justice and other public service systems, could help Labour deliver its public services mission. JP Spencer, Director of Devolution Policy and Labour Together, writes a foreword.