The Reformer

Young voters

An updated Conservative case for Votes at 16

Owen Meredith, Chairman of the Tory Reform Group wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes...

Voter ID Required

Government figures have revealed the potential cost of voter ID – and it is enormous

From the get go, the government’s plans to force voters to show ID when voting was a solution looking for...

How the new Welsh party leaders can make a difference on diversity

Has there ever been such a time of change in Welsh politics? By the end of this year there is...

Long Read: What’s gone wrong with our democracy – and how do we fix it?

This is a time of high political anxiety. No one seems to be very sure of much anymore. Not that...

ID sign outside polling station

Our democracy faces many threats – but the government has picked the wrong priority

It’s not just campaigners saying it any more: democracy is officially at risk, according to parliament’s digital, culture, media and...

Welsh civil society launch open government manifesto

If you could get the Welsh Government to do one thing to be more transparent or engaging, what would it...

In these divided times, a new consensus is emerging around our broken election laws

Fresh off the back of our call for Parliament to take action on Britain’s analogue-age campaign rules – and the...

Why it’s time to shine a light on ‘dark ads’ online

Following a request by the Culture Media and Sport committee, Facebook has revealed the EU referendum adverts paid for by Vote Leave...

Campaign regulation is needed now before all trust is gone

The need to tighten the rules around how political parties and campaigns target voters online is a hot topic right...

Bromley voter ID project

What were these ‘so-called’ trials of voter ID supposed to prove?

One of the great mysteries of the voter ID trials in May’s English local elections was what exactly the trials...

From rule-breakers to foreign influencers, our democracy is under threat

The Electoral Commission has fined Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit campaign, £61,000 for breaking electoral law during the 2016 EU...

Revealed: Abuse and harassment in Welsh politics is rife. Here’s how to stamp it out

We got a sense of the shocking scale of abuse in Westminster last year. But there has been relatively little heard...