The WEU has been campaigning since conception for the Barnett formula to be scrapped and a fair funding system put in place. The Following article (below) published in the ‘Scotsman’ shows just how unfair that…
At last a prominent Labour Party member is expressing the concerns felt by many people living in England. The CEP attended the Centre for English identity and Politics event on the 18th January when ‘English…
The amended Bill will mean that the developer of onshore wind, greater than 50MW, will need to apply for planning permission generally to the local planning authority. The Clause in this Bill relating to onshore…
Mr Evans states in this article, “I believe that it is profoundly undemocratic and inherently unfair that Scottish MPs can vote on everything that happens in England, on issues such as health and education, but…
New “English votes for English laws” rules have been implemented in the House of Commons for the first time. Conservative MPs cheered as English and Welsh members prepared to give their consent to parts of…
Tory grandee Lord Heseltine says handing funding control to local authorities will allow regions to decide their own economic fates By Rebecca Burn-Callander, Enterprise Editor The devolution of power to cities outside London is “a…
The constitutional struggle between Holyrood and Westminster is set to intensify after SNP sources revealed ministers are considering campaigning for new powers in a second Scotland Bill even before the current one has reached the…
Article by ARIANNA GIOVANNINI and ANDREW MYCOCK 19 November 2015 In Open Democracy ‘English Votes for English Laws’ is supposed to answer the ‘West Lothian Question’ – yet the government’s English devolution policy is recreating the same…
Having attended last Wednesday’s IEA sponsored panel discussion in rainy Westminster (Whitehall, town hall and the four nations – who should run what?), it is safe to say that the decentralisation brigade are still banging…
Today, Wednesday 4 November the House of Lords Constitution Committee sits and is taking evidence from the organisations. You will notice that the Campaign for an English Parliament once again finds its excluded from giving…