Harriet Cross: Devolving power will not make you less accountable, Prime Minister

Harriet Cross: Devolving power will not make you less accountable, Prime Minister

Harriet Cross is an Assistant Whip and the Conservative and Unionist MP for Gordan and Buchan. Bringing decision making closer to those it most impacts is a good thing. Indeed, it was Lady Thatcher who said “We believe in devolution. We believe that decisions should be taken as close as possible to the people whom they affect. But it is a grave mistake to belief that simply moving powers, or ‘levers’ as policy decision makers like to call it, fr…