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This petition is a snapshot of the increasing anger from all corners at this undemocratic and unnecessary plan
Voter ID

Breaking: Petition to scrap undemocratic voter ID plans hits crucial 100,000 signatures

Over 100,000 people have demanded ministers scrap plans to impose mandatory voter ID, amid growing fears that millions of people...

Far from improving access to elections, the government’s own elections bill could leave millions shut out
Campaign Regulation

2022 Elections Bill: Has the government jumped the gun?

Proposals to reform our election laws are like buses. You wait around ages for one and then two turn up...

Ian Blackford
Campaign Regulation

PM and ministers challenged over plans to disenfranchise voters on an ‘industrial scale’

The Elections Bill ‘is a solution in desperate search of a problem that simply does not exist’, one MP told...

Government research half of those without photo ID would not apply for free photo ID
Voter ID

On the anniversary of the equal franchise, new government plans will undermine the right to vote

The 2nd July is the anniversary of the 1928 Equal Franchise Act. The act granted equal voting rights to women...

Preferential voting has become the US' most popular and most bipartisan reform idea
Devolution

As New Yorkers vote in their first preferential primary, in the UK it is under threat

Voters in New York City were able to participate in their first preferential voting (called Ranked Choice Voting or RCV...

House of Lords
House of Lords

Could the courts shine a light on the revolving door to the House of Lords?

We’ve long called for an end to the political nepotism that distorts appointments to the House of Lords. But now,...

In a General Election, that means tens of thousands of voters being denied a say
Campaign Regulation

Government confirms plans for ‘2022 Elections Bill’ – including making it harder to vote

Among an eclectic mix of changes, the bill will contain provisions to impose mandatory voter ID for Westminster elections and...

The government is extending political influence over what should be a neutral body
Campaign Regulation

These government plans represent a takeover of our independent election watchdog

Ministers have announced plans that gut the UK’s independent Electoral Commission, representing a power grab over election scrutiny.  

House of Lords
House of Lords

There is nothing democratic about these by-elections

While the Conservatives' shock loss in the Chesham and Amersham by-election might dominate the headlines, Liberal Democrat Sarah Green MP...

A handful of aristocrats are picking who can vote on our laws and claim expenses for life
House of Lords

Britain’s most messed-up ‘elections’ are about to restart

Six aristocrats will join the House of Lords over the next month, following the announcement of candidates for Britain's most...

Westminster’s unfair system is working just as expected
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Boundary review? It’s time for an electoral system review

Boundary Review day comes around faster every year it seems. The so-called Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies is now...

Successive governments’ approach has been to devolve and forget
Devolution

We need to talk about Westminster

Debates about the future of the union and devolution to the UK’s nations and regions continue to dominate the constitutional...