A 4-Phase Plan for UK Socioeconomic Renewal
The 7 States Transition Plan – Overview & Timescales
The Outline Plan set out below is intended as a start-point framework on which a detailed Transition Plan would be built. It pre-assumes an understanding of the UK Federation Structure and principles of Unified Democracy as described on previous pages.
The plan, at this early stage, does not include consideration of the many Governance & Constitutional, Institutional, and Public Service impacts that must be covered within the UK transition. However, to assist their inclusion within a detailed plan, they are described in the following pages (5.2 to 5.4).
Similarly, this outline plan precludes consideration of the global impacts and opportunities that would arise following UK transition. These (tentative by their nature) are therefore described separately on Page 5.5.
The programme is a tightly risk-managed one of 4 separate phases over 5 Years – each ending with a stable platform on which to launch the next. Each Phase would naturally end with a Checkpoint- to review progress to date, and make adjustments as necessary before progressing to the next.
Phase 1 – (Years 1 & 2) -Westminster Transition
1.1 Establish House of Lords Advisory Framework
- House of Lords ceases to handle uncontentious & “on-the-side” Bills.
- No further Lords Appointed.
- Define advisory channels for the Federal Legislature & Policy Council.
1.2 Establish Federal Legislature
- Current MPs now represent only Constituents (rather than Parties).
- Commons reformatted from its current divisive structure to a flat debating chamber (with podium for Ministers).
- Party Whips abolished. MPs sit by Region – Not by Party.
1.3 Establish Federal Policy Council
- Sector Representatives Appointed by the Cabinet Office
- Sector Chairs appointed by Ministers and skeleton Sector Management Groups established.
1.4 Federal Democratisation of Policy
- Role of Cabinet changes to setting the Parliamentary Agenda and objectives.
- Policy Council Activated – its Draft Bills debated by the Legislature toward forming law.
1.5 Prepare Federal Voting System
- Prepare for new format voting slips in parallel with above (Page 2).
Phase 2 – (Years 2 to 3) -Establish Pilot State (Wales)
- Transition to New State Structure – similar to staps 1.2 to 1.5 for Westminster (Page 2).
- Establish &Trial Pilot Federal Operational Framework (page 3)
- Wales achieves Federal Readiness.
Phase 3 – (Years 3 to 4) – Establish Remaining States
- GLA transitions to become the London Sate Government – in standard format (Page 2). The Mayor and Assembly step into State‑level leadership, while TfL, the Met Police, the Fire Brigade and London’s development bodies continue as unified State agencies.
- Scotland Transitions to the State Government of Scotland – based on the Welsh Pilot.
- Remaining Skeleton States of England established (SE England, SW England, Central England & Northern England).
Phase 4 – (Years 4-5) – General Election & Federal Transition
- General Election Under New Federal Voting System.
- Federal Government (London) and Governments of all States reconstituted accordingly.
- Federal Government establishes Federal Objectives and Agenda (aligned to voted-for policies).
- Federal Government and State Governments resize Sector Management Groups to best deliver policy in accordance with Federal and State Objectives and State Government Agendas.
- Federal Government commences.
