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Electoral Reform in Westminster

TUC: A fair society needs equality in Westminster, not just the workplace

September 20, 2018

The 150th Anniversary Congress of the TUC was both a celebration of the past – and a chance to look...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

International Day of Democracy 2018: The changes desperately needed to give a voice to all

September 15, 2018

Millions across the globe are celebrating International Day of Democracy, established in the hope of inspiring people to find ways...

The Gerrymander
Electoral Reform in Westminster

It’s not just the boundaries that need reviewing – it’s First Past the Post

The four national Boundary Commissions have now announced their results. If parliament accepts them, these will be the constituencies that...

Voter ID Required
Votes at 16

The government’s voter ID plans are ‘rearranging the deckchairs’ in the face of new threats to our democracy

  On May 3rd 2018, 350 people were denied a vote in their local council elections. Their crime? Not possessing...

Bromley Voter ID bill board
Voter ID

The government is wearing blinkers over Voter ID – and it’s voters who will suffer

This week the Cabinet Office launched its call for councils to join a second-round of voter ID pilots, due to...

Votes at 16

The Tories should trust young people

August 25, 2018

Cecilia George is a former Member of Youth Parliament for Wiltshire and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative...

Votes at 16

My dad would have been ready to vote at 16, and today’s young people are too

August 24, 2018

Lisa Francis is the former Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The...

Citizens' Assembly on Brexit
English Local Citizens' Assemblies

Citizens’ Juries could become the core of a revived local democracy

Deliberative forms of democracy are certainly coming into fashion. From the Irish Citizens’ Assembly that led to the historic repeal...

Multi-party system
Votes at 16

Scotland shows that votes at 16 works

Miles Briggs MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes...

Polling Station
Votes at 16

Britain’s democratic story is unfinished – let’s write the next chapter

Sir Peter Bottomley MP, the Member of Parliament for Worthing West wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative...

Campaign Regulation

Are we about to witness an ‘arms race’ in Brexit spending?

August 21, 2018

Over the weekend, the co-founder of the Superdry fashion label donated £1m to the People’s vote campaign, with the funds...

Votes at 16

Why Votes at 16 is the next suffrage bridge we must cross

August 21, 2018

Nicky Morgan MP, Member of Parliament for Loughborough and former Education Secretary wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative...