Our winner-takes-all voting system is locking unions and workers out of power
Today, International Workers’ Memorial Day, is a fitting moment to reflect on those who have lost their lives…
Electoral Reform
Let’s finish what we started last autumn, and ensure the Labour Party backs PR
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a stark reminder of how precious democracy is. We should never take for…
Local parties should be able to choose whether to stand a Labour candidate
The purpose of Labour is to be in government to create a better society. We have passed up…
How Labour’s electoral reform shift this year happened – and what’s next for PR
One year ago today, Keir Starmer announced the launch of a UK-wide constitutional commission, to be headed up…
Unite policy conference backs new voting system for UK general elections
Unite has passed a motion at its policy conference today that commits the Labour-affiliated trade union to opposing…
Exclusive: Public support for PR, debt cancellation, decriminalising cannabis
UK adults support bold policy ideas going to Labour conference, including a switch to proportional representation for Westminster…
Keir Starmer must embrace the demand for proportional representation
Labour is set to debate proportional representation (PR) at its annual conference after 153 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs)…
We disagree on much about Labour, but we agree the party should back PR
We have disagreed fundamentally with one another for many years on Labour’s future direction, from who should be…
More CLPs call for PR backing than any other issue in recent conference history
At least 144 constituency parties have called on Keir Starmer’s Labour to endorse a switch to proportional representation…
Oppose PR? Then let’s hear your positive case for first-past-the-post
Whilst we don’t find John Spellar’s latest broadside against proportional representation (PR) convincing, we welcome his engagement with…
