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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

It's now or never for modern democracy

By Laura Lock | 12 October 2021

The electoral landscape is now ‘more crowded than ever’, while council resources have been ground...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Elections are a family affair

By Andrew Seekings | 12 October 2021

Andrew Seekings looks at how Cumbria is preparing for the electoral challenges of local governmen...

LEGISLATION

Scotland follows Wales in opposing controversial Elections Bill

By Paul Marinko | 04 October 2021

The Scottish Government has paved the way for Scotland to follow Wales in refusing to recommend c...

ELECTIONS

Labour under pressure to commit to voting reform

14 September 2021

The party is set to debate adopting Proportional Representation (PR) for General Elections at its...

WALES

Welsh Government to block voter ID bill

13 September 2021

The Welsh Government has taken the rare step of refusing to recommend consent for the UK Election...

ELECTIONS

New polls timetable would cause 'catastrophic failure'

13 September 2021

Officers have said holding General Elections would be ‘impossible’ under proposals to shorten the...

ELECTIONS

Voter ID law must be 'necessary and proportionate,' MPs warn

By Laura Sharman | 02 September 2021

The Government must explain why a new law to make voter ID mandatory is both necessary and propor...

ELECTIONS

White van man on... voting

10 August 2021

It’s damn obvious to me that the Government doesn’t want us to vote. I mean, it’s not exactly a l...

ELECTIONS

It will be hard for many to see the value of spending millions on introducing voter ID

By Paul Shevlin | 06 August 2021

The Government wants to introduce a requirement for photo ID. This will be even more difficult to...

WALES

Welsh government proposes placing polling stations in colleges

By William Eichler | 03 August 2021

People in Wales may soon be able to vote for their local representatives as they go about their w...

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