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The constitution of British regional governments is an uncodified patchwork of authorities, mayors, councils and devolved government. [206] In Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and London unified district or borough councils have local government powers, and since 1998 to 2006 new regional assemblies or Parliaments exercise extra powers ...
The constitution of British regional governments is an uncodified patchwork of authorities, mayors, councils and devolved government. [278] In Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and London unified district or borough councils have local government powers, and since 1998 to 2006 new regional assemblies or Parliaments exercise extra powers ...
Aspects of the British constitution were adopted in the constitutions and legal systems of other countries around the world, particularly those that were part of, or formerly part of, the British Empire including the United States and the many countries that adopted the Westminster parliamentary system.
The Federal Union is a pressure group that supports a codified federal constitution for the United Kingdom, arguing that governance remains too centralised. In October 2018, Andrew Blick, of King's College London and the Federal Union, proposed a Federalist Constitution for the UK.
The British Constitution Association, founded in 1905 as the British Constitutional Association, was a pressure group designed to oppose increasing state regulation, whether from the Liberal Party's New Liberalism or Joseph Chamberlain's proposals for Tariff Reform. [1]
Constitution Committee; The Constitution Society; Constitutional reform in the United Kingdom; Constitutional status of Cornwall; Constitutional status of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles; Coronation oath of the British monarch; Counting agent; Court of Claims (United Kingdom) Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689
The group comprises the Labour members of parliament as a collective body. [1] Commentators on the British Constitution sometimes draw a distinction between the Labour Party (which was created outside Parliament and later achieved office) and the Conservative and Liberal parties (which began as parliamentary factions).
The Constitution Society is an independent, non-party educational trust based in Westminster, London.It was established in 2009 to promote public understanding of the British Constitution and to work to encourage informed debate between legislators, academics and the public about proposals for constitutional change.