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Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Failure to live up to the full promise of devolution — by radically enhancing local democracies and disrupting centralised power — risks creating inherent instability (& lack of trust) throughout the devolution project, even as govt seeks to deliver continuity and momentum with it's Devolution Bill

More than this, whilst Conservative and Labour governments have both deployed multiple rhetorical justifications for devolution in England, it is their concern for policy efficacy — and increasing economic performance — that has most demonstrably shaped the actual delivery of devolution policy.

However, we argue that policymakers have so far failed to acknowledge the tensions between these different justifications, or the extent to which they create different expectations for how English devolution will look, feel, and function in practice.

In the article, we trace three normative arguments that have been used by recent governments to build the case for devolution in England: that devolution enhances democracy; that it promotes policy efficacy and government efficiency; and that it disrupts concentrations of power.

You can read the full blog here: blog.apaonline.org/2025/06/11/t...