EU Referendum: One year on – The repatriation of competences

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Dr Jo Hunt

Dr Jo Hunt looks at how the debate around the repatriation of EU powers as a result of Brexit has developed in the last 12 months and suggests that growing concern among devolved nations that there will be a Westminster ‘power grab’, has resulted in the UK Government going into the negotiations with disunity at
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EU Referendum: One Year On – Wales and Brexit

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Dr Rachel Minto

Dr Rachel Minto charts the last 12 months of the Welsh Brexit journey, and considers what progress has been made thus far and what comes next for Wales. On 24 June 2016, Wales awoke on the “winning side” of the EU referendum. Seventeen of 22 local authority areas had voted “Leave”, totalling 52.5% of those
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Watch launch of new Welsh Government policy paper on Brexit and devolution, and the academic reaction

Posted on 15 June 2017 by Lowri Jones

The Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University has hosted the launch of the Welsh Government’s latest policy paper on Brexit. Brexit and Devolution is a new document outlining the Welsh Government’s proposals for responding to the constitutional implications of the UK’s exit of the EU. The First Minister also outlined a proposal for a UK
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Re-inventing regional policy: time for a new development model

Posted on 5 May 2017 by Professor Kevin Morgan

In the second of a two-part blog looking at the future of regional policy post-Brexit, Professor Kevin Morgan says that while Wales has the most to lose when it comes to funding, Brexit presents an opportunity to lead the way and design a new regional policy that marries traditional knowledge economy models of development with
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The Great Repeal Bill and Wales: Reading Between the Lines

Posted on 12 April 2017 by Manon George

At the end of March, the UK government published its white paper setting out how it will find a solution to some fundamental post-Brexit constitutional issues through the Great Repeal Bill. It aims to create stability and clarity by ensuring that the law on the day after Brexit will be the same as the day
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