Government plans for Electoral Commission criticised as “power grab”
Campaigners have warned that government proposals to reform the Electoral Commission amount to a “power grab” and called…
Voting
Elections bill means two million people could lose vote, campaigners warn
The Electoral Reform Society has argued that the government’s elections bill would drive a “bulldozer through our democracy”…
Univotes is a call to action for all Labour coders
In an age when the Tories are able to alter the headline of a BBC article to spread…
PMQs verdict: Thornberry whacks Lidders in battle of the big-hitting deputies
If Theresa May is the Geoffrey Boycott of prime minister’s questions, batting away deliveries in a relentlessly dour…
The next election will be decided in super-marginals – so politics and principle demand we give 16-year-olds the vote
It would appear that Labour is giving very serious consideration to ensuring our nation’s 16 and 17-year-olds are…
Jim McMahon: Tories will find themselves on wrong side of history over voting age
Today my bill to lower the voting age will be debated in parliament. Whatever the outcome, we will…
“The pakoras we ate together tasted of solidarity and spice” – one activist’s polling day diary from a key marginal
On June 8 at 11.30pm I arrived home after a day of campaigning. I started to say hello…
Christian Wolmar: To keep these new twentysomething voters Labour must go more green than ever before
There is no doubt that it was the young people which made a difference and nearly won it…
Young people must hit the Tories where it hurts – in the ballot box, writes NEC rep
It is shocking – but not unexpected – that the Tories have been targeting the poorest students most with…
Luke Akehurst: Forget the progressive alliance – we need to win votes from the 55 per cent who back the Tories or UKIP
I’m bemused by the call by Clive Lewis and Jon Cruddas for Labour to stand down and give…
