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We meet with MPs and their staff to better understand their concerns

Here’s how we’ve briefed MPs ahead of the...

On Monday 2nd March, MPs will gather for the second reading of...

Current Affairs Commentary

The bill was last spotted in September 2025

Missing, in-action: What happened to the bill to...

It is not often we get to indulge in the...

Current Affairs Commentary

First Past the Post is a broken system in our multi-party era

It’s a three-horse race! First Past the Post...

The Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election, scheduled for Thursday 26...

Current Affairs Commentary

Scotland should look again at how its parliament is elected

Why Holyrood’s voting system still favours larger parties

Everyone knows that First Past the Post favours the largest...

Your Questions Answered

As the electorate increasingly fragments our system is failing to reflect our preferences

What can the Effective Number of Parties tell...

Written by Thomas Worth The results of the 2024 General...

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Any decision to postpone elections must be a last resort

Government right to reverse the decision to postpone...

The fundamental principle of democracy is that people get to...

Current Affairs Commentary

When it comes to politics sunlight is the best disinfectant

Westminster’s dirty secret – what lobbying in Britain...

Lobbying is a word that can be used to describe...

Current Affairs Commentary

The Representation of the People Bill should live up to its name and scrap First Past the Post

Elections bill will bring in once-in-a-generation change to...

Today sees the first reading of the Representation of the...

Current Affairs Commentary

It is a crisis confronting our democracy that can't be ignored

MPs form new cross-party group aimed at wholesale...

This week, MPs and peers from across the political spectrum...

Current Affairs Commentary

How can someone be removed from the House...

When peers make headlines for the wrong reasons, the same...

Current Affairs Commentary

Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber

Scottish Parliament

Make Scotland’s democracy even more representative.

D’Hondt often over-rewards parties that have already done well

How Sainte-Laguë could improve Scottish Parliamentary elections

Scotland’s Parliament has always been better at representing the political...