Short-changing voters: why the cuts to smaller parties are wrong
Short money goes some way to redressing our woefully disproportionate voting system
Right-Wing Watch
Welsh Assembly faces greater uncertainty after Labour-Plaid spat
A bizarre dispute over Labour’s public health bill has undermined the possibility of cross-party cooperation following May’s elections
Why did the Lords reject trade union reforms?
The Government’s Trade Union Bill has suffered embarrassing defeats on political funding, electronic voting and facility time
Comment: USA and Venezuelan Right aiming for ‘regime change’
The right has launched a new campaign to oust Maduro, while Obama has renewed an executive order condemning Venezuela as an ‘extraordinary threat’
5 times the Tories have misused statistics
Jeremy Hunt is in good company
The debate about Britain’s relationship with the EU is now open
There are democratic questions for both campaigns to answer
The public are fed up with big donors’ influence on party politics
The Trade Union Bill could be the start of a process which sorts out our hopeless party funding system for good
How reliable are ‘official’ statistics on public policy?
From debt and welfare cuts to poverty and flood defences, we need accurate data to judge our government’s record
SNP MP Phil Boswell faces investigation over parliamentary conduct
Register of interests probe is third recent blow for the Scottish Nationalists
5 reasons why Bernie Sanders should pick up progressive support
We list the five reasons why Bernie Sanders should get the progressive vote