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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Votes at 16

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

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...

ERS Cymru

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

August 15, 2018

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