A blog set up to provide reading, video and audio material for students studying AS and A-Level Politics at Alleyn's School.

Thursday, 3 October 2013

Interesting radio documentary on UK Devolution, and how it has impacted lives of teenagers

The Young Devolutionaries is a BBC 4 radio programme looking at the generation who have grown up under devolution. Now, nine teenagers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales share their vision of the system that bought them up.

David Cameron has recently denied a Lib Dem claim that Conservatives are blocking further devolution to Wales. He has told the BBC that he is attracted by the idea of the Welsh government being able to raise some of its own budget. 

The Silk Commission is examining the future of devolution in Wales and has recommended some tax-varying powers. It is due to publish a report of recommendations in Spring 2014.

However the UK government has said in the past it does not believe there is a case for radical changes to Welsh devolution. 

 

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