Opinion
Christopher Harborne has exposed the flaw in Labour’s political donation policy
A universal cap on political donations is simpler, fairer and far harder to sidestep.
Tom Brake
France’s political crisis is a glimpse of Britain’s future – will we react?
Electoral reform will not transform our political culture overnight, but refusing to confront fragmentation will make effective governance permanently impossible.
Local elections haven’t been postponed, they’ve been cancelled. Here’s why this matters.
Councillors on lame-duck authorities will end up with six- or even seven-year terms. Meanwhile the people they serve will get no say on their performance
Elon Musk potentially donating millions to Reform is a symptom of a broken system which allows big money to dominate our politics
When it comes to political donations, Musk is not the problem
Overseas voters deserve an equal right to vote
At this summer’s general election, only just over half of the votes of all registered postal voters living overseas were counted. Many were denied that right. But as a new report demonstrates, solutions are at hand.
Labour must avoid the temptation to hoard power in Whitehall
"To avoid the mistakes of its predecessors, the government must recast the relationship between central and local government."