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Starmer’s Lords legacy is his leadership in microcosm
Bold promises of radical change lacked coherence, yielding disjointed and contradictory results Tom Brake is the Chief Executive of Unlock […]
Tom Brake
Project 2029 poses a real threat to our democracy: We must act
The UK is waking up to the reality that the UK is also vulnerable to the equivalent of the US’s Project 2025
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.