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Although the United Kingdom is sometimes described as a unitary state, it has always been characterised by considerable territorial diversity in its internal constitutional arrangements. The idea of Home Rule or devolution for one or more parts of the United Kingdom has come onto the political agenda at various points since the nineteenth century.
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Mortimore, R., Blick, A. (2018). Devolution. In: Mortimore, R., Blick, A. (eds) Butler's British Political Facts. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56709-3_18
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