To what extent have constitutional reforms since 1997 reduced the powers of the UK government

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To what extent have constitutional reforms since 1997 reduced the powers of the UK government? 40 marks

Plan

* Go through all Blair constitutional reforms and evaluate how they have affected the powers of UK government

* Go over devolution regarding all governments since 1997

* Go through all Brown constitutional reforms and evaluate how they have affected the powers of UK government

* Go through all coalition constitutional reforms and evaluate how they have affected the powers of UK government

To what extent have constitutional reforms since 1997 reduced the powers of the UK government? 40 marks

Governments since 1997 have gone thorough huge amounts of constitutional reform, including devolution, the human rights act, powers to the European Union (EU) and many others. However there has been a fierce argument whether this has reduced the power of the UK government, this has also been a big issue with the public and at the 2010 election the conservative party won support by arguing that the New Labour government (1997-2010) gave to many powers away and they would fight to claim them back. The coalition agreement focuses a lot on constitutional reform and