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Intergovernmental body in the United Kingdom

Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council
Keir Starmer meets leaders of devolved governments in October 2024
Predecessor	Joint Ministerial Committee
Formation	10 November 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11-10)
Legal status	Intergovernmental body
Purpose	Intergovernmental relations
Region served	United Kingdom
Membership	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Minister of Scotland First Minister of Wales First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Chair	Keir Starmer
Website	Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council

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ThePrime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council is an intergovernmental body in theUnited Kingdom that consists of theUK prime minister and the heads of the three nationaldevolved governments ofScotland,Northern Ireland andWales.^[1]

History

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Further information:Devolution in the UK andIntergovernmental relations in the UK

In 1999,devolved administrations were created inScotland,Wales, andNorthern Ireland by the United Kingdom parliament.^[2] Initially aJoint Ministerial Committee system was created in 1999 byTony Blair's Labour UK government to coordinate relationships between the three new governments and the UK government.^[3]

In 2022, following a review intointergovernmental relations in the UK, the present tiered system of governance was put in place.^[4] The tiered structure includes a Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council as a top tier, portfolio-specificinterministerial standing committees as a middle tier, and topic-based intergovernmental groups as the lower tier.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Responsibilities

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The council is responsible for:

Discussing UK-level policies that require cooperation.
Overseeing the other government organisations and mechanisms within the tiers of intergovernmental relations.
Acting as final arbiter for the UK dispute resolution mechanism.^[8]

Membership

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The members of the council are the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the First Minister of Scotland, the First Minister of Wales and the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. Additionally, other ministers from the UK government may participate in meetings of the council, in particular theMinister for Intergovernmental Relations who commonly attends with the Prime Minister.^[9] In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, officials from the Northern Ireland Civil Service have participated in an observer capacity.^[10]^[11]

Government		Title
Government of the United Kingdom	Keir StarmerMP	Prime Minister
Scottish Government	John SwinneyMSP	First Minister
Welsh Government	Eluned MorganMS	First Minister
Northern Ireland Executive	Michelle O'NeillMLA	First Minister
Northern Ireland Executive	Emma Little-PengellyMLA	Deputy First Minister

Meetings

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The council met for the first time in November 2022 chaired byRishi Sunak. No further meetings were held until after the2024 United Kingdom general election when newly elected prime ministerKeir Starmer convened a meeting in October 2024.^[10] Starmer stated that the council would meet again in Spring 2025.^[10]

List of meetings

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Meetings of the Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council
Date	Location	Chair
10 November 2022	Blackpool	Rishi Sunak
11 October 2024	Edinburgh	Keir Starmer
23 May 2025	London	Keir Starmer

Complementary bodies

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TheCouncil of the Nations and Regions was established in October 2024 byKeir Starmer. This forum is intended to complement rather than replace the existing system of intergovernmental relations between the UK's four governments.

References

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^"Intergovernmental relations".Institute for Government. November 4, 2022.
^"What is devolution and how does it work in the UK?".BBC News. 2020-11-17. Retrieved2024-10-21.
^"Devolution: Joint Ministerial Committee | The Institute for Government".www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk. 11 December 2017.
^"Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council communiqué 10 November 2022".GOV.UK (Press release). Retrieved2022-11-29.
^"New forum for talks between leaders from across UK".BBC News. January 13, 2022.
^"Review of intergovernmental relations (HTML)".GOV.UK (Press release).
^"Intergovernmental relations within the UK - House of Lords Library".
^Pooran, Neil (January 13, 2022)."Boris Johnson to chair council of UK's devolved administration leaders".Belfast Telegraph.
^"Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Meeting communiqué 11 October 2024".GOV.UK. Retrieved2024-12-09.
^^a ^b ^c"Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Meeting communiqué 11 October 2024".GOV.UK (Press release).
^"Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council Communiqué - 10 November 2022 (HTML)".GOV.UK.

External links

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GOV.UK: Intergovernmental Relations

v t e Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom
Intergovernmental bodies	Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council
Quasi-intergovernmental bodies	Council of the Nations and Regions East–West Council Islands Forum
Local government bodies	Local Government Leaders' Council Mayoral Council for England Partnership Council for Wales
Interparliamentary bodies	Inter-Parliamentary Forum

Devolution in the United Kingdom

Devolved areas

National level	Northern Ireland Scotland Scottish devolution Wales Welsh devolution
Regional level (inEngland)	Combined authorities Directly elected mayoralties Greater London Authority

Referendums¹

Heads of devolved
governments

Devolved legislatures²

Devolved administrations³

Organisations and laws
of the legislatures and
governments of the UK
and the devolved areas

Commissions (UK Parliament)	Kilbrandon Commission Holtham Commission Silk Commission McKay Commission
Commissions (devolved legislatures)	Senedd Richard Commission Holtham Commission Thomas Commission Scottish Parliament Calman Commission Smith Commission
Referendum and devolution acts	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998 Greater London Authority Acts 1999 2007 Northern Ireland Acts 1998 2006 Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997 Wales Acts 1998 2006 2014 2017 Scotland Acts 1998 2012 2016 Post-EU ReferendumUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
Select committees	Northern Ireland Affairs Scottish Affairs Welsh Affairs Housing, Communities and Local Government
Grand committees	Legislative Grand Committees (2015–2021) Northern Ireland Scottish Welsh
Departments andTerritorial Offices (MOJ)	Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministry of Justice – Devolution Directorate-General Office of the Advocate General for Scotland Northern Ireland Office Scotland Office Wales Office

Elections

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Historical	Administrations of England English Regional Assemblies, 1998–2010 Administrations of London London County Council Greater London Council Administrations of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1974 Legislatures of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1973–74 1982–86 Northern Ireland-related legislation of the UK Parliament Ireland, 1886 Ireland, 1893 Ireland, 1914 Ireland, 1920 Irish Free State, 1922 Northern Ireland, 1974 Irish Home Rule movement Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Scotland Act 1978 Scottish Office Sunningdale Agreement Wales Act 1978 Welsh Office

1. Rejected referendums areitalicised. The others were fully or partially approved.
2. There is no law-making body for any regionally devolved area.
3. Administrations of regionally devolved areas are omitted.