It comes as Transport Minister Norman Baker outlined plans to devolve decision-making on major local transport schemes to local transport bodies from 2015.

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He was followed by his Labour shadow, Owen Smith, who questioned Mr Jones's previous suggestion that the Treasury would have the final say on whether to devolve taxes.

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The NI Independent Retail Trade Association (NIRTA) has said the government's delay on a decision to devolve corporation tax to Stormont was deeply disappointing.

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That's why I'm working to reduce Washington's grip on our lives and devolve power to the states, communities and individuals, so that Northeastern Republicans, Western Republicans, Southern Republicans, and Midwestern Republicans can define their own brands of Republicanism.

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They said the stimulus plan in the works in the Obama camp would have "oversight and transparency measures" to ensure spending on the plan would be focused on stimulating the economy and not devolve into just handing out congressional pork projects.

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On both occasions, she said she had no plans to devolve powers.

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Gordon Brown's assertion on a recent trip to Belfast that it was time to devolve policing and justice pleased Sinn Fein, who were promised the move by Tony Blair.

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Mr Cameron agreed, but said the legal position on the referendum had to be clarified first, adding that the UK government had offered to devolve powers to the Scottish parliament to resolve the issue.

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But on this question, the city may find that the nation which from the start chose to devolve power to states and cities, rather than manage everything from the centre had the right idea all along.

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