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PR is coming to welsh local elections

Right to scrap First Past the Post won...

UPDATE: On Wednesday 21st January, the Local Government and Elections...

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This legislation could revolutionise how local democracy works in Wales

Welsh Parliament to vote on letting councils scrap...

Local government is one of our most important layers of...

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We can’t have a return to the conga line chaos

How MPs are being effectively locked out of...

Commons leader Jacob Rees Mogg has announced a partial return...

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Today the government can bring in the ‘missing millions’ excluded from electoral...

Today MPs have a chance to bring in millions of...

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The government has a chance to right a...

As it stands, the new constituency boundaries will not take...

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“We must be able to see who is pumping money into influencing powerful figures”

How Holyrood can close the lobbying loopholes –...

Scotland’s lax transparency rules are leaving voters in the dark...

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In both the US and Britain, millions are...

First published in the i newspaper While President Trump looked...

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Political education should be a required topic in Wales’ classrooms

Teaching politics in our schools should be a...

Next year’s Senedd election will see 16 and 17 year...

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A study found just 31 credible instances of impersonation out of more than one billion ballots

Papers, please: Why the UK must think again...

Voting is a key cornerstone of any democratic system. Just...

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Constitutional Convention

Manifesto for Democracy: Deepening Democracy

Democracy is about empowering citizens to be involved in their...

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ERS in the Press – October 2020

This month has seen a renewed interest in proportional representation...

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2019 must be the last election with voters left in the dark

As the Scottish Government closes the ‘dark ads’...

For too long now, online political campaigning in Britain has gone effectively...

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