The transfer or delegation of power by a central government to a local or regional administration; devolution.
her speech on more devo was coherent and well thought through
we have known for a week that devo was not on the agenda
as modifier the devo deal has considerable support amongst Greater Manchester MPs
Example sentencesExamples
- But the "more devo" option was excluded on the assertion that a straightforward Yes/No vote would deliver a clean result.
- Big thank you to people of Scotland for putting devo for England on the agenda.
- I'm from Scotland and I think devo is daft, forget even independence.
- Her speech was a clear attempt to counter SNP claims that voting "no" means no more devo.
- Devolution can only be discussed in Westminster if ALL parties have a devo option in their 2015 manifesto.
- UK gov/Scotland Office are spending £1.5M on their public info campaign on new devo powers.
- He called for a system of "devo default", where the Government must have a very good reason not to devolve powers on any issue.
- Were the fault lines already starting to appear even before the serious negotiations about 'devo England' have begun, I wondered?