The Reformer

Paying the price of First Past the Post – Towns Fund millions spent on marginal seats

There is no better way of finding out which voters matter under Westminster’s warped electoral system than looking at where...

Democracy in the Dark – our new report commissioned from two of the UK’s leading election finance academics reveals a...

Scotland’s first Citizens’ Assembly met last week for the first time since March. Like many social events and workplaces, the...

A major new project has been launched to encourage the Labour party to back proportional representation.

The House of Lords just keeps getting bigger. Following the PM’s appointment of 36 new unelected peers, each week sees...

This is a guest article from Sarah Birch, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London. Elections...

The UK’s first nationwide citizens’ assembly on climate change came to a close this week, with the launch of its...

With just 60 elected members, Wales’ Parliament has long been under-resourced. But that problem has grown as Wales acquired more...

As governments respond to the global pandemic, the issue of how voters are represented has not gone away. In fact,...

You’d think given the rising tide of disinformation, dodgy donations and dark ads online, the government might be getting serious...

There are many perks to being a member of the House of Lords. While many peers do work hard, it...

Wealth and power can get people access and influence that normal citizens can only imagine. It is, after all, why...