ERS in the Press – September 2020As the government continues to implement new restrictions to fight the second wave of coronavirus, the cracks in Britain’s political system continue to grow behind the curtain. In September we released new research on party...Posted 02 Oct 2020
Cross-party figures unite to call for transparency in ‘Wild West’ online campaigningPolitical figures across the spectrum have backed our calls for reform of Britain’s ‘wild west’ election campaign rules following the launch of our latest report.Posted 25 Sep 2020
ERS reveals the scale of secretive online campaigning during last year’s electionDemocracy in the Dark – our new report commissioned from two of the UK’s leading election finance academics reveals a major rise in online spending during the 2019 general election – with little transparency over...Posted 24 Sep 2020