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  2. Separation of powers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the separation of powers has been applied to the United Kingdom and the nature of its executive (UK government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive), judicial (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and legislative (UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Senedd Cymru and Northern Ireland Assembly) functions.

  3. Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council

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    Initially a Joint Ministerial Committee system was created in 1999 by Tony Blair's Labour UK government to coordinate relationships between the three new governments and the UK government. [ 3 ] In 2022, following a review into intergovernmental relations in the UK , the present tiered system of governance was put in place. [ 4 ]

  4. Devolved UK parliaments pass bills to keep current powers ...

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    By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales on Wednesday approved bills that aim to keep their current powers unchanged after Brexit, a backstop ...

  5. Devolved, reserved and excepted matters - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, devolved matters are the areas of public policy where the Parliament of the United Kingdom has devolved its legislative power to the national legislatures of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, while reserved matters and excepted matters are the areas where the UK Parliament retains exclusive power to legislate.

  6. Powers of the prime minister of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The prime minister of the United Kingdom exercises functions in both the executive and the legislature, as the UK has a fusion of powers.. Executive powers of the prime minister include obtaining at any time the appointment or dismissal of all other Government ministers, exercising the royal prerogative, setting the Government's policy agenda and priorities, and deploying the British Armed ...

  7. Separatism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This could take the form either of a devolved English Parliament within the United Kingdom or the re-establishment of an independent sovereign state of England outside the UK. The English Democrats are an English nationalist political party that call for the creation of a devolved English Parliament within a federal UK.

  8. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Select Committee

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    The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee is appointed by the House of Lords in each session with orders of reference "to report whether the provisions of any bill inappropriately delegate legislative power," or whether they subject the exercise of legislative power to an inappropriate level of parliamentary scrutiny; to report on documents and draft orders laid before Parliament ...

  9. Separation of powers - Wikipedia

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    The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each. [1]