Today a new bill lands in parliament today, courtesy of Labour’s Alan Whitehead, Lib Dem Lord Tyler and Conserative Andrew Tyrie.   It deserves attention – because it offers a sensible, cross party approach to party funding.   This bill puts pay to the myth that cross-party solution to party funding isn’t possible. Caps on [...]

Following the county council elections we’ve been hearing a lot about ‘None of the Above’.   The IPPR recently flagged None of the Above – or NOTA – as a part of their plan to boost youth turnout – making voting for under 24s compulsory, but ensuring there’s an option for first time voters to [...]

“How could I make a decision? I didn’t receive any leaflets”   That seemed to be a common complaint from the 2013 County Council Elections. We’ve conducted a string of interviews for local radio where many voters seemed to feel they didn’t see an election.   Well if you didn’t hear from the parties it’s [...]