Revealed: How mandatory voter ID risks locking out legitimate voters Representative democracies rely on people being able to participate in free and fair elections. That is why each time an election comes around the Electoral Reform Society and likeminded campaigners encourage as many people as... Posted 30 Apr 2018
What can be drawn from the House of Lords ‘abolition’ petition and other options for reform The House of Lords is a centuries-old institution of British politics which has outlived many others and which, to this day, plays an active role in crafting the laws of the land. But in its... Posted 27 Apr 2018
Local Elections 2018: Six things your local council decides on How much do you know about your local council – what it does, how it’s spending the council tax you pay each month, and how you can affect the decisions it makes? As if often the case with politics, the answer isn’t straightforward. In... Posted 26 Apr 2018
Trade unionists say it’s time to fix Westminster – and build a ‘politics for the many’ Politics for the Many is an alliance of trade unionists who champion political reform – and last week they set out the findings of their debut report at this year’s Scottish Trade Union Congress in... Posted 24 Apr 2018
Why we need real leadership on democratic reform from the next Welsh Labour leader What was always set to be an interesting Welsh Labour conference this weekend quickly became one for the history books as Carwyn Jones used his conference speech to announce his intention to stand down as... Posted 24 Apr 2018
Local Elections: Diverse voices are being drowned out by the undemocratic voting system in England and Wales We are now but two weeks from the 2018 local elections. If you live in London you will have the chance to elect councillors for the first time since 2014. If you reside in the... Posted 19 Apr 2018
Seven things you need to know about the local elections Blink and you’ll miss the coverage, but local elections are happening on Thursday 3 May in England. A lot has changed since these seats were last contested, in 2014. We had the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government,... Posted 16 Apr 2018
Four reasons why trade unionists are backing a shake-up of Westminster’s political system Today is an important milestone in the broad campaign for political reform: the movement has won fresh civil society support. A new report from campaigners ‘Politics For The Many’ is calling for a shift in the... Posted 16 Apr 2018
The birth of Hungary’s Franken-voting system The three-time two-thirds majority winning political party Fidesz has been able to reshape Hungary’s political institutions because of the 2010 election, in which it won 53% of the vote, and won its first two-thirds majority.... Posted 13 Apr 2018
Just how popular is Hungary’s Fidesz? Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has dominated Hungarian politics since 2010. On Sunday, its dominance was confirmed, as it won its third two-thirds majority in a row, winning 134 of 199 seats. In most European countries,... Posted 12 Apr 2018