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Fair Play Pledge

It’s time for candidates to ‘play fair’ and...

The Fair Play Pledge, a major initiative involving several democratic...

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How May’s London Assembly elections will work

This May, millions of Londoners will go to the polls...

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Proportional representation is vital to provide the effective scrutiny that councils need

England is blighted by local one party states

England is blighted by local one-party states: areas where it...

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Join us, and Jackie Weaver, to tell the candidates in May to sign the Fair Play Pledge

Join Jackie Weaver and democracy groups as we...

This May sees a huge round of elections in Britain...

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How elections for the Mayor of London will...

On May 6, one year after elections were supposed to...

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Local communities must be the foundation on which...

The pandemic has given us a fresh insight into what...

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Hereditary peers account for more than one tenth of an already bloated House of Lords

Hereditary Peers highlight the absurdity of our system...

Momentum is building for wholesale reform of the House of...

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Imposing a broken system, without public support, can only serve to undermine these positions

We can’t let the government force a broken...

This week, Home Secretary Priti Patel laid out new plans...

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Ministers need to tackle the main impediment to voting

There are big reasons some people won’t vote...

When one party takes all – on a fraction of...

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With all the challenges facing the country right now why is this on the priority list

Making it easier for unpopular candidates to become...

These are deeply concerning plans to change our elections.

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In Amsterdam a drive-through polling station has been set up for the first time

The Netherlands is going to the polls, but...

Dutch voters have started going to the polls to vote...

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The New Foundations

Labour and progressive thinkers to present Keir Starmer...

Keir Starmer will be presented with a vision for a...

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