Constitutional reform
Constituency cull plan could be decoupled from AV referendum
Left Foot Forward understands that there is increasing discussion among peers in the Lords to seperate the two bills to ensure a May date for the AV referendum.
Last minute call for constitutional reform
Campaigners are urging two constitutional reforms be included in party manifestos. Votes at 16 and fixed term parliaments are today back on the agenda.
Questions remain over Labour’s plans to axe Lords
How should reformers greet the government’s proposals, leaked to the Telegraph last week, to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected “Senate”?