Senedd backs bill to “revolutionise” local government democracy in Wales
Senedd members have backed legislation to extend the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds and foreign citizens in local…
Electoral Reform Society
‘Labour for a New Democracy’ launches to push leadership on electoral reform
Labour MPs and pressure groups have joined forces to launch a new campaign that will build support for…
Labour must be clear: Britain’s corrupted House of Cronies needs an overhaul
“Boris Johnson has quietly shelved plans to create up to 20 new Tory peers including a string of…
Let’s hand power to the membership with STV for the NEC
Labour’s national executive committee has the opportunity to build a fairer party today. By bringing elections for the…
Labour set to decide on switch to preferential voting for NEC elections
Labour’s ruling body is set to decide whether it should switch to a preferential voting system for electing…
Now more than ever, we need to drag parliament into the modern age
Within hours of victory, new Labour leader Keir Starmer had already vowed to work with Boris Johnson “in…
Exclusive: Keir Starmer vows to consult Labour members on electoral reform
Labour leadership race frontrunner Keir Starmer has vowed to consult party members on electoral reform and include it…
Leadership candidates challenged to back electoral reform
The four remaining Labour leadership candidates have been challenged by the Electoral Reform Society and soft left group…
How to make Westminster work for the many: Labour’s response to the democratic crisis
The backdrop of the current Brexit impasse is a crisis of democracy in the UK. But in it…
How the Tories have been handed hundreds of council seats… long before polling day
Rotten boroughs are back. Conservative candidates are set to walk away with 267 seats before voters get to…
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