Scotland shows that votes at 16 works Miles Briggs MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective.... Posted 23 Aug 2018
Britain’s democratic story is unfinished – let’s write the next chapter Sir Peter Bottomley MP, the Member of Parliament for Worthing West wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. “What it means to be a truly democratic... Posted 22 Aug 2018
Are we about to witness an ‘arms race’ in Brexit spending? Over the weekend, the co-founder of the Superdry fashion label donated £1m to the People’s vote campaign, with the funds set to be used to conduct “one of the most detailed polling exercises ever undertaken... Posted 21 Aug 2018
Why Votes at 16 is the next suffrage bridge we must cross Nicky Morgan MP, Member of Parliament for Loughborough and former Education Secretary wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. On July 2nd, we marked the 90th anniversary... Posted 21 Aug 2018
An updated Conservative case for Votes at 16 Owen Meredith, Chairman of the Tory Reform Group wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. In 2015, the TRG put together the Conservative case for Votes... Posted 20 Aug 2018
Government figures have revealed the potential cost of voter ID – and it is enormous From the get go, the government’s plans to force voters to show ID when voting was a solution looking for a problem, and risked shutting out tens of thousands of voters. Now we have learnt... Posted 16 Aug 2018
How the new Welsh party leaders can make a difference on diversity Has there ever been such a time of change in Welsh politics? By the end of this year there is a chance that none of the parties in the Assembly will have the same leader... Posted 15 Aug 2018
Long Read: What’s gone wrong with our democracy – and how do we fix it? This is a time of high political anxiety. No one seems to be very sure of much anymore. Not that long ago it all seemed so different. The twentieth century was a time of tremendous... Posted 14 Aug 2018
Our democracy faces many threats – but the government has picked the wrong priority It’s not just campaigners saying it any more: democracy is officially at risk, according to parliament’s digital, culture, media and sport committee. Britain’s main campaign rules were drawn up in the late 1990s, before social... Posted 02 Aug 2018
Welsh civil society launch open government manifesto If you could get the Welsh Government to do one thing to be more transparent or engaging, what would it be? Especially if you knew the government had to listen and respond? That was the... Posted 02 Aug 2018