Complete the following sentence: A further development in devolution was the 2004 North East England Devolution Referendum, which failed by a large margin. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• After the failure of this proposal, the concept of city regions was later pursued. The 2009 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act provided the means for the creation of combined authorities based on city regions, a system providing cooperation between authorities, and a single directly elected mayor.<unk> The 2009 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act provided the means for the creation of combined authorities based on city regions, a system providing cooperation between authorities, and a single directly elected mayor. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ <unk> <unk> <unk>
Scotland voted to remain in the UK, although a plurality of Scots wanted greater autonomy within the UK. <unk> Scotland voted to remain in the UK, although a plurality of Scots wanted greater autonomy within the UK. This culminated in the Scotland Act of 2016 which declared that Scotland's devolved institutions were permanent and granted the Scottish Parliament and government powers over taxation and welfare.