Wera Hobhouse MP: These Tory plans to change the voting system are a power grab
Home secretary Priti Patel has been accused of launching an ‘attack on democracy’ as she presses ahead with her plans.
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Government reverses leafleting ban – but fears grow over ease of changing election rules
The Government recently issued “advice” saying that election campaign leaflets shouldn’t be delivered by volunteers
Is local campaigning in general elections still effective?
Two recent reports on labour’s election defeat are deeply flawed when it comes to ‘community organising’ and traditional campaigning, says Richard Bourne.
Bookies shorten odds on Labour majority as three polls show surge
Three straight polls have shown a Labour surge.
Low-income voters have ‘increasing power’ in upcoming election – report
59% of low-income voters who did not vote in 2017 say they will next time round.
“Shocking” result estimates 9.4 million incorrect voter registrations
The figure is about a million more than originally thought
Vote at home or at uni? Momentum launches tool for students to decide
Boris Johnson’s seat is one of those Momentum is trying to register students to vote in.
Local elections: We have an opportunity to end ‘one party councils’ in England
In many councils, voters have a choice: to accept one party state councils – or to elect a real opposition, writes Green leader Jonathan Bartley.
No ‘youthquake’ for Labour, but support for the party broader than previously thought
The party appears to have picked up its 2017 gains from voters aged between 24 and 45, according to a new survey.
New methods of persuasion and propaganda define our political age. Is democracy threatened?
Tom Pashby reviews Lee de-Wit’s new book ‘What’s Your Bias?: The Surprising Science of Why We Vote the Way We Do’.