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Survey results add weight to argument for Votes at 16

When reformers argue in favour of extending the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds, they often do so by stating what other things those within that bracket are already doing (paying taxes, driving etc.) For many people these arguments will ring true – but for...

Posted 22 Jan 2018

Politicians should stop presuming and start listening on Brexit

It is hard to turn on the TV now without one politician or another telling us what the ‘British people’ want from Brexit. On one side, one argues that only leaving the single market will...

Posted 12 Jan 2018

Voting patterns in the House of Lords rubbish claims of its independence

Article first published by Politics.co.uk. It is anticipated that Theresa May will appoint up to a dozen Tory peers this month – which could be joined by a handful of Labour members and some from the DUP. It is...

Posted 11 Jan 2018

Referendum spending is a murky world – when it should be crystal clear

Negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union will dominate much of the political agenda this year. But 18 months on from the Brexit referendum, questions are still being asked about whether campaigners played by...

Posted 08 Jan 2018

Political parties are too reliant on big donors – and it has to change

Huge swathes of the public believe big donors hold too much political sway – and yet again it has been revealed just how reliant parties are on the cash of very few. The Mirror today published research findings showing that 39% of...

Posted 05 Jan 2018

Ministers are ignoring the elephant in the room when it comes to boundaries

The government’s Minister for the Constitution has claimed that millions of voters living in oversized constituencies are being under-represented. Speaking about the current boundaries, Chris Skidmore MP said: “It is an affront to democracy that 27 million people are under-represented.” ...

Posted 03 Jan 2018

Articles by Darren Hughes

Survey results add weight to argument for Votes at 16

Politicians should stop presuming and start listening on Brexit

Voting patterns in the House of Lords rubbish claims of its independence

Referendum spending is a murky world – when it should be crystal clear

Political parties are too reliant on big donors – and it has to change

Ministers are ignoring the elephant in the room when it comes to boundaries

There’s a lobbying scandal brewing in the House of Lords

From random results to Lords-a-claiming – 2017 and the Electoral Reform Society

The House of Lords is a rolling expenses scandal – now politicians must act

The proposed Lords reforms are sticking plaster politics: Peers are writing their own rules