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Before a single vote has been cast, 300 council seats across England are guaranteed to particular candidates or parties

Uncontested seats mean thousands of voters will be...

Next week, on Thursday, 2 May, voters in many parts...

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Election Cancelled

Democracy cancelled: How parties have captured hundreds of...

Large parts of England are effectively democracy deserts, with hundreds...

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There are huge threats to our democracy which mustn’t be ignored

Ministers can’t let themselves of the hook when...

Last week the government launched a consultation into tackling ‘online...

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Votes are chewed up by the meat-grinder of Westminster’s voting system

Why A General Election Won’t Solve The Brexit...

One piece of news got buried last week. While Labour...

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If you vote in your first election, you’ll probably vote for life

In a Snap Brexit Election, 16 and 17...

Young people are refusing to be ignored – the recent...

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Newspaper Pile

ERS in the Press – March 2019

Brexit might be dominating the news, but the rolling constitutional...

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MPs must lead the way in finding better ways of doing politics

Binary indicative votes were never going to achieve...

This is an expanded version of a letter from our...

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House of Lords

While MPs debate our democratic future, another aristocrat...

On Wednesday – while elected MPs debated Britain’s future –...

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Future Voices: Delivering on a Parliament that works...

With the 20th anniversary of the Assembly upon us, how...

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no evidence of voter fraud

New figures demolish the government’s argument for mandatory...

The government’s case for excluding voters who lack ID is...

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Those funding our parties should live here

Money could flood into British politics under planned...

The Overseas Electors Bill, which returned to the Commons last...

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Put simply, the government is running scared

Local citizens’ assemblies could break our political deadlock...

Last summer, ministers announced genuinely exciting plans for piloting ‘deliberative...

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