devolution

The conference this weekend is his second both as DUP leader and since devolution was restored in 2024, following a two-year hiatus.

Wales has made huge strides in boosting its recycling rate in the decades since devolution.

Alongside devolution powers, Sussex is obliged to reorganise its council structure, scrapping all borough, district and county councils and replacing them with new unitary authorities.

He said he believed the work he had done as mayor, especially around devolution, was "the way forward" for the country.

Imagine a world next May where Labour contrives to lose Wales after 27 years of devolution, and the SNP secures a majority at Holyrood and ramp up pressure for an independence referendum.