The Reformer

Driving Licence Voter ID

Voter ID that you can use in UK...

All voters now need to bring a form of photographic...

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The DUP and Sinn Fein have to form a government together

Why does the Northern Ireland Assembly keep collapsing?

In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the...

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Westminster

What is a Ten Minute Rule bill?

One of the most exciting parts of Westminster proceedings is...

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Westminster at night

What is a Private Members’ bill?

One of the most noteworthy ways that MPs can push...

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Big Ben

What is an Early Day Motion?

The Early Day Motion (EDM) is a little-known but quietly...

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Select Committee

What is a Select Committee?

One of the most important aspects of British democracy is...

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Westminster

What is an All Party Parliamentary Group or...

One of the lesser-known institutions of Westminster is the All-Party...

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Westminster Hall Debate

What is a Westminster Hall debate?

You may not know, but there are Parliamentary debates that...

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The UK has one of the most centralised local government funding systems

How are English local councils funded?

While you might think that local councils are wholly funded...

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41 percent of England’s population now live in areas with some form of mayoral devolution deal

What is a combined authority and what is...

Local government in England comes in many different formats, unitary,...

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A product of a history of ad hoc piecemeal top-down reforms

How is local government organised in England?

England’s local government can sometimes be quite confusing. The history...

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Duverger’s Law is one of the oldest so-called ‘laws’ in political science

Duvager’s law – more guidelines than actual rules?

Wherever there are two dominant political parties, there is a...

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