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- - - - this proportional system allows for representation of both sides and prevents the forming of an overwhelming majority
  - - - DUP not going to share power unless border (NI protocol) with the rest of the UK is removed
        
        this is unlikely to happen as the GFA has prevented the establishing of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and NI - led to the introduction of the NI protocol
    - - DUP don't want Sinn Fein to have first minister (1st time this has happened in NI) and no agreement has been made for the last 18 months due to this another election must be held - DUP want to win but it is likely that they wont due to increasing support for the Alliance party.
  - - - powers that remain in the hands of Westminster but assembly are able to legislate with the consent of the Northern Ireland Secretary
- - - - England being a more powerful country affects its relationships with the smaller, less powerful nations
  - - - "devolution has fundamentally changed the constitutional arrangements of the Uk" (UK gov 2017)
- - - - distinct histories + dialects - recognising identity
  - - - greater freedoms @ a local level
        
        councils work more effectively to improve public services for their area
    - - brings people closer to decision making process
  - - - someone closer to home
- - - - in the 1990s some areas moved to a single tier system of local government known as 'unitary authorities'
        
        London had a single authority from 1965 - the Greater London Council
        
        six other metropolitan councils followed suit
        
        the West Midlands
        
        South Yorkshire
        
        West Yorkshire
        
        Greater Manchester
        
        Tyne + Wear
        
        Merseyside
        
        these were abolished under Thatcher as they gained a reputation for high spending - 1986
    - - elected mayor with executive powers supported by the Greater London Assembly
        
        by 2015 a further 16 urban areas including Bristol, Liverpool + Greater Manchester decided to adopt the elected mayor model
      - they would share oversight of policy areas inc policing, transport, economic development
      - ALSO tried to extend regional decision-making by setting up unelected Development Agencies
        
        their purpose was to promote economic development on behalf of the central government - however this failed to gain support (78% voted 'no' as they felt this would be an expensive layer of added bureaucracy with few exercisable powers)
- - - - the water rushed through the valley drowning a number of cottages, the post office, chapel and Quaker meeting house