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To devolved
verb
To roll (something) down; to unroll.
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By constitutional convention, devolved parliaments are asked for their consent when Westminster either legislates with regard to devolved matters (see section 28 8) of the Scotland Act) or where it legislates to increase or reduce their powers.
The SNP want almost full fiscal autonomy, with Labour and the Tories disagreeing on what levels of taxation need to devolved.
Hilary Benn, the shadow communities and local government secretary, said the report drew attention to "persistent and widening inequalities between different parts of the country", and agreed with Clegg and Jones that more power, resources and responsibility needed to devolved.
A pledge by the three Westminster party leaders to keep the current funding system for allocating money to devolved nations if Scotland rejects independence could leave Wales £300m a year worse of, critics claim.
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His ability to continue to devolve.
I've come to Mexico to devolve.
They tend to devolve into wild yet perfunctory gore.
Yet he might be prepared to devolve some power.
Meet promises to devolve further powers to Scotland and Wales.
Osborne said he wanted to devolve more powers to cities.
Federalism would not have to devolve into provincialism.
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