Sentence examples for devolution efforts from inspiring English sources
Solace, which represents local authority managers, in a statement that local government should redoubling its devolution efforts and taking this opportunity to make cities and regions the catalysts of change in our country.
As the opinion polls have tightened, the "no" camp has resorted to promises of further devolution and efforts to scare the voters, claiming that a "yes" vote would lead to heightened financial uncertainty and, quite possibly, an economic calamity.
As with the lead-up to the Scottish devolution referendum, a campaign for an NHS constitutional convention could be the galvanising factor required to restore the NHS to its founding public service principles, with sufficient popular support to prevent all future efforts to dismantle it.
Because "more effective efforts to promote decentralization, devolution and democratization require a better understanding of governance processes if reform efforts are to have greater impact" (p22).
Has devolution helped the independence campaign?
That said, devolution is emerging as a key theme of efforts to revamp state government.
Blair was impressed by his modernising credentials and the effort he put into referendum campaigns for devolution in Scotland and Wales.
There are on-going efforts to support climate change adaptation, along with devolution which has brought development and government closer to people of Tharaka.
David Jones said UK ministers would "continue to make every effort to ensure that the legislative arrangements for Welsh devolution work effectively".
And those focus groups formulated Yes Scotland's eventual campaign: an effort to persuade sceptical voters that independence was a natural next step after devolution.
