Against

• only a few regions have a strong regional identity such as yorkshire and the west country
• having regions in charge of taxes could lead to damaging tax competition in a bid to lure businesses to specific regions
• asymmetric devolution is an appropriate model for a country such as the UK and a nation such as England, some regions fell well served by the Westminster parliament
• there is only limited public support for regional assembles, voters in the northeast rejected a northeast assembly in a 2004 refernedum