This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides a high-level overview of recent changes to social security provision in Northern Ireland and Scotland, including the devolution of significant welfare powers, and analyses how this has affected the structure of the UK social security system as a whole.
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Wales: Current devolution proposals 2014 (467 KB, PDF)
The independence referendum in Scotland has raised interest in aspects of devolution and the pace of change throughout the UK. In Wales there are already significant changes in progress and others being planned.
This note traces proposals for further devolution, including a change to a reserved powers model, which has been agreed, following the second report of the Silk Commission. A commitment was announced by the UK Government in November 2014, with a timetable for initial consultations running through to March 2015.
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Wales: Current devolution proposals 2014 (467 KB, PDF)
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Having left the EU, the government is setting up for an independent UK state aid or ‘subsidy control’ regime, based on WTO rules. This briefing sets out the background of the new approach and the negotiations on state aid with the EU.
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This is a reading list of publications on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and future UK-EU relations from library, research services and committees of the UK and devolved parliaments and assemblies.
