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devolution

noun as in degeneracy

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However, Baroness Elizabeth Berridge, who opposes the bill, said it was "a thorough debate, scrutinising significant issues including the devolution implications of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill and the use of the Mental Capacity Act".

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Morgan has been trying to strike a balance: differentiating the Welsh party from UK Labour, but also pushing for extra funding, further devolution of powers and big investment announcements from her UK colleagues.

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The BGA was intended to stop either government being better or worse off due to devolution.

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If UK income tax receipts go up, so does the size of the block grant adjustment – and devolution means ministers here get to decide if they replicate the tax rises.

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Lawmakers have been grappling with this issue for a long time but the pace of change has picked up since devolution in 1999.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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