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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Hannah White
      House of Lords reform is an ermine-clad headache for Starmer

      The opposition’s problems with implementing its own commitments dwarf current Tory embarrassment over appointees

      Peers debating in the House of Lords
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Time is up for the House of Lords

      Careful reform is needed to end the practice of unelected legislators

      The House of Lords during the 2019 state opening of parliament
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      House of Lords speaker calls for better vetting of prospective peers

      John McFall tells the FT the second chamber needs reform but warns against ‘radical change’

      John McFall
    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      New election laws will be a defining test of Rishi Sunak’s integrity

      Contentious rule changes will show if prime minister can rise above partisan interests to protect democracy

      Illustration of a hand coming out of a ballot box pushing away voter’s slip
    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Labour seeks to give UK parliament final say on repeal of EU laws

      Rishi Sunak could face defeat on his flagship legislation in the House of Lords

      European Union and British Union flags
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Robert Shrimsley
      Reforming democracy could be the next Brexit 

      Pressure for constitutional change is gathering momentum but England could end up paying the price

      Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of two hands shaking a snow globe of the Houses of Parliament
    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      UK politics
      Labour plans to shake up UK by extending devolution

      Starmer expected to accept Brown review proposals including banning MPs’ second jobs

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
      Britain and America’s electoral geographies are broken

      The UK and US systems warp our understanding of key social issues among the public

      An FT montage image of a person putting voting ballot into a box, overlaid with bar chart lines
    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      UK politics
      Boundary review predicted to shore up Tory gains in northern England

      Proposed new constituency map would solidify Conservative ‘red wall’, say strategists

      Polling station in Hartlepool
    • Monday, 3 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The judiciary is not the UK government’s enemy

      Curtailing judicial review will weaken a vital check on executive power

    • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
      Paul Tyler
      How Britain’s democracy is being undermined

      A series of government proposals on the constitution and electoral law disregards consensus

      Lessons of history: the late Lord  Hailsham, a former lord chancellor, warned in 1976 of Britain’s slide towards ‘elective dictatorship’
    • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Making UK governance fit for the future

      A key post-Brexit pledge was to increase democratic accountability

    • Monday, 28 December, 2020
      UK constituency boundary shake-up expected to boost Tory party

      Conservatives to gain up to 10 more seats at the next election due to the changes say psephologists

    • Friday, 7 February, 2020
      House of Lords
      Ex-minister adds to pressure over House of Lords reform

      Penny Mordaunt calls for government to abolish principle of male primogeniture

      Members of the House of Lords and guests take their seats for the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London on October 14, 2019. - The State Opening of Parliament is where Queen Elizabeth II performs her ceremonial duty of informing parliament about the government's agenda for the coming year in a Queen's Speech. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
      Tories focus on major overhaul of House of Lords

      Johnson’s team examines constitutional reform to help counter Scottish nationalism

      LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Members of the House of Lords gather as Queen Elizabeth II delivers the Queen's Speech from the throne as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh listens during State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster on May 18, 2016 in London, England. The State Opening of Parliament is the formal start of the parliamentary year. This year's Queen's Speech, setting out the government's agenda for the coming session, is expected to outline policy on prison reform, tuition fee rises and reveal the potential site of a UK spaceport. (Photo by Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
      Conservative Party UK
      Lawyers fear Tories are planning ‘revenge’ against Supreme Court

      Legal experts raise concern that constitutional review could be used to punish judges for overturning prorogation

      Justices of the Supreme Court including Lord Reed (R), who becomes the next president of the Supreme Court in January and President of the Supreme Court Baroness Hale of Richmond (L) attend the annual Judges Service at the Westminster Abbey marking the beginning of the new legal year on 01 October, 2019 in London, England. Today marks 10 years since the establishment of the UK Supreme Court. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
    • Saturday, 23 November, 2019
      UK politics
      UK politics is changing to mimic Europe rather than the US

      We are offered a contest between two leaders while trends point to multi-party competition

      A jovial mood for Liberal Leader David Steel (l) and SDP leader Roy Jenkins in London when they launched the Alliance campaign to the next election. Mr Jenkins said an Alliance victory then was a perfectly possible result. 20-Jan-1983
    • Saturday, 21 September, 2019
      Bernard Jenkin
      End the Speaker’s dictatorship over the House of Commons

      This contentious era requires a rethink of the role’s historic power

      Britain's Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, speaks at New York University in New York City, U.S., September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
      News in Focus podcast13 min listen
      Is Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament legal?

      How the UK courts were dragged into the Brexit dispute

    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
      UK local elections
      Electoral Reform Society hits out at ‘democracy deserts’

      Anger that 300 uncontested seats deny voter choice in local polls

      File photo dated 05/05/16 of a polling station sign. Nominations close at 4pm on Wednesday for candidates wanting to contest 8,400 council seats in local elections in England on May 2. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 3, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Councils. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
    • Thursday, 4 April, 2019
      Philip Stephens
      Goodbye EU, and goodbye the United Kingdom

      The invented identity of ‘Britishness’ is unravelling as English nationalism takes hold

      web_Brexit breaks Britain
    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
      ExplainerBrexit
      How MPs’ indicative votes on Brexit will work

      House of Commons to express view on alternatives to Theresa May’s exit package

      The indicative votes would not be legally binding on the government
    • Monday, 10 September, 2018
      Brexit
      Vote on constituency boundary reform unlikely until after Brexit

      Fear of fresh Tory split set to delay reform that slashes MP numbers by 50

    • Tuesday, 10 July, 2018
      Meg Russell
      Take more care with referendums — democracy depends on it

      There are lessons to be learnt from the UK’s divisive 2016 vote on EU membership

      David Dimbleby calling theBrexit EU referendum result in June 2016 - grab from TV
    • Monday, 9 July, 2018
      Brexit
      UK approach to referendums needs ‘overhaul’

      Independent commission says vote should take place after significant preparation

      A campaigner for 'Vote Leave', the official 'Leave' campaign organisation, holds a placard during a rally for 'Britain Stronger in Europe', the official 'Remain' campaign group seeking to a avoid Brexit, ahead of the the forthcoming EU referendum, in Hyde Park in London on June 19, 2016. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned last week that if Britain votes to exit the European Union on June 23, it could deal the economy a "negative and substantial" blow. / AFP / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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