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MPs and Peers to be able to contribute to debates and voting from home

We’re getting closer to a ‘virtual Parliament’ –...

We cannot let voters’ voices be diminished when life-changing decisions...

Current Affairs Commentary

After the crisis: Is 2020 the year when...

Where next for Wales' civil society?

ERS Cymru

New pandemic, new politics? Parliament must be innovative...

Next Tuesday, MPs and Peers return to Parliament. In theory,...

Current Affairs Commentary

Keir Starmer will have to combine working together...

Within hours of victory, new Labour leader Keir Starmer had...

Current Affairs Commentary
Candidate Diversity Matters

10 years since the Equality Act was introduced,...

It has been 10 years since the Equality Act (2010)...

Current Affairs Commentary

Isle of Man: World’s oldest parliament goes online

Parliaments around the world are looking at new ways to...

Current Affairs Commentary
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ERS in the Press – March 2020

These are difficult and uncertain times, with the coronavirus pandemic...

Current Affairs Commentary

Pressure is growing for a ‘virtual Parliament’ to...

With Parliament now on a pause for four weeks, serious...

Current Affairs Commentary

How other parliaments are handling the coronavirus outbreak

The scale of the coronavirus challenge is almost unprecedented in...

Current Affairs Commentary
House of Lords

Let’s postpone bizarre peer by-elections for good

Even in today’s climate, hereditary peer by-elections are among the...

Current Affairs Commentary
The Local Democracy Bill must stem from more than just traditional consultation

Deepening democracy with Scotland’s Local Democracy Bill

Democracy isn’t static, it is a process. It isn’t always...

ERS Scotland
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The ERS, democracy and the coronavirus crisis

ERS staff are, as you would imagine, working from home,...

Developments at the ERS