UK ministers have finally confirmed that local elections in England will go ahead on the 6th of May, after being...
Leading Labour figures and democracy campaigners have urged the Labour party to get behind major political reform, following the launch...
As a new year begins, but the effects of the national lockdown continue, democratic issues continue to make the headlines...
The House of Lords is back in the spotlight, with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown saying that replacing the House...
This past week we’ve seen a dizzying array of conflicting reports for the government’s plans for May’s polls, with Conservative...
As the moving vans deliver the next residents of the White House into their new home, it is worth looking...
What does democracy look like in a pandemic? It’s a question that came up a lot last year – and...
The experience of the covid-19 crisis has served to underline and strengthen the case ERS Scotland has long been making...
Despite the difficulties of 2020, the ERS kept up the pressure and make the case for political reform in a...
While in the UK the government has recently threatened our independent elections watchdog with abolition if it cannot be ‘radically...
A little-known non-departmental public body, the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC), has recently been thrust into the spotlight, following...
Toby James, University of East Anglia and Alistair Clark, Newcastle University Which activities are essential during a pandemic? Across England,...