Britain's broken constitution

Published: Sunday, December 7th 2008

Jonathan Freedland, Comment is Free
Despite the recession, Gordon Brown has an opportunity to bring in major constitutional reform
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Constitutional Reform faces the Crunch

Published: Wednesday, December 3rd 2008

The Electoral Reform Society has reacted with disappointment to the shelving of the Brown government’s pledge to reinvigorate our constitution. The Queen’s speech featured no commitment to a Constitutional Renewal Bill.  It was understood that, following the pre-legislative scrutiny work of the Joint Committee this year, a Bill would form a part of the Government’s legislative programme.

Minority voices can’t be lost in government police plans

Published: Wednesday, December 3rd 2008

The Electoral Reform Society warns of very real dangers of imposing Westminster-style elections are on the nation’s police authorities.  The Policing and Crime Reduction Bill outlined in today’s Queen’s Speech could pave the way for directly elected police authorities throughout England and Wales. This comes as research indicates that First-Past-the-Post elections would hand swathes of the nation’s police authorities over to effective one party control.