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The unelected House of Lords is undermining Britain’s reputation

Britain's ability to speak up for democracy abroad has just taken a major self-inflicted hit.

Ed Davey MP: Westminster needs comprehensive reform – including proportional representation for voters

The Electoral Reform Society offers a space to party leadership candidates to put forward their visions for democracy during internal...

Layla Moran MP: It’s time to build a cross-party consensus for electoral reform

The Electoral Reform Society offers a space to party leadership candidates to put forward their visions for democracy during internal...

New figures reveal dire levels of regional representation the unelected House of Lords

The warped nature of the House of Lords has once again been revealed, after the ERS found that nearly a...

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36 new unelected legislators: PM’s Lords appointments shatter myth of an ‘independent’ House of Lords

Pressure is mounting for an overhaul of the House of Lords after the PM announced a wave of new ex-MPs,...

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Nearly 200,000 sign petition calling for the unelected House of Lords to be overhauled

The Prime Minister is set to pack the House of Lords with yet more unelected peers. And discontent is growing. 

Has the Government misled Parliament over voter ID?

A series of Freedom of Information requests has revealed that Government departments do not know who will be hardest hit...

Twitter boycott: When is the government going to act to tackle ‘Online Harms’ to our democracy?

It has been well over a year since the government published proposals to tackle 'Online Harms' - and we've seen...

The already super-sized House of Lords is about to get bigger

Plans to appoint dozens of new unelected Lords make a mockery of claims that the chamber is slimming down. 

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Britain’s unelected Lords are signing up to speak in huge numbers. Here’s why

“We might be in the bath, or in the middle of supper, or asleep, but if we don’t press the...

Government inaction has left the door ‘wide open’ to foreign interference in UK politics

Electoral loopholes are leaving the door wide open to foreign interference, the ERS’ Darren Hughes has said, following the release...

Russia report highlights risk of foreign interference in House of Lords

"It is notable that a number of Members of the House of Lords have business interests linked to Russia."