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DEVOLUTION

For devo, much now rests on how Labour responds to its likely local elections drubbing

Akash Paun says the risk is that political commitment drains away the more devolution resembles handing power to non-Labour leaders.

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As the extended parliamentary session of 2024-26 draws to a close, some might argue that MPs have sat too long for any good they have been doing lately. 

On devolution, however, real progress has been made. Not quite the revolution ministers once promised, more a case of two steps forward, one step back.

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