How would you like to live in a one party state? You may wonder why anyone would ask given that...
Tens of thousands of people across England are being denied a vote in next week’s local elections, owing to the...
What a dispiriting week for women. Following Maria Miller’s resignation, just three out of 22 Cabinet ministers are females –...
A BBC radio programme on postal vote fraud was aired last night, and it contained a call from a high court...
This weekend the North Korean ‘election’ took place. Of course, it wasn’t exactly democratic; it wasn’t really even an election....
Prime Minister’s Questions hit the headlines last week following a Hansard Society report that found nearly half of their respondents thought it...
The potential effects of the Lobbying Bill on democracy at the UK level have been widely discussed, and it is...
How many politicians does it take to scrutinise a government? As it turns out, you need more than there are...
In 2009, David Cameron pledged that a third of his ministers would be women. But even today, after a reshuffle which has...
Following the county council elections we’ve been hearing a lot about ‘None of the Above’. The IPPR recently flagged None...
Some more good news from today’s Queen’s Speech. And this time it’s for something that’s actually in it. The Coalition Government...
On Thursday 6 May, 27 county councils and 8 unitary authorities in England and Anglesey in Wales will hold elections....