Devolution is the process of delegating powers away from Westminster to regions and cities within the UK, originally introduced in Labour’s 1997 election manifesto. There is consistent discourse over the success of this change, and thus this essay will reject that devolution in the UK was successful.

Whereas every other Western democracy has codified its system of government, Britain’s constitution is a mish-mash of laws and conventions, customs and courtesies. Britain sees no need for the legalistic writing down its constitution in one place. Instead it relies on the notion that its politicians know where the unwritten lines of the constitution lie, and do not cross them.

It is important for English devolution to be extended as it is currently increasingly unfair that England have less powers than the devolved bodies in Scotland specifically, and the issue of the Barnett formula is the biggest problem. This can be solved through English devolution and a parliament which is evidently overdue.

Ultimately there is not a massive demand to have a codified constitution and an uncodified constitution fundamentally gives the government flexibility which is in the interests of the public.