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The Scottish Government is the national, devolved government of Scotland. It has power over many aspects of government in Scotland, from providing health care, to justice, through to education . Categories: Devolved legislatures in the United Kingdom.
Devolution is when a central government transfers powers to a local government. [1] It is sometimes called Home Rule or decentralisation. In the United Kingdom devolution has happened in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each of these three countries now has an elected legislature which can pass some laws and a government to administer ...
Northern England devolution is the broad term used to describe the wish for devolved governmental powers that would give more autonomy to the Northern Counties (those northern parts of England in the North–South divide in the United Kingdom ). Whilst definitions of the North vary, it is commonly defined as the border with Scotland in the ...
Politics of the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, intergovernmental relations are the coordination and engagement between the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive. [3] The Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council is where the heads of these administrations meet.
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) [4] [5] is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance ...
t. e. The Northern Ireland Executive is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is answerable to the assembly and was initially established according to the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which followed the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement).
The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠl̪ˠəmɪtʲ nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]; Scots: Scots Pairlament) [1] [2] [3] is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. [4]
