In the News

Recent mentions of Unlock Democracy in the media:

• Women are being squeezed out of politics, report finds (Marie Clare, 25 February 2013)
• Women losing ground in positions of power, report reveals (The Observer, 24 February 2013)
• Written constitution needed to protect Local Government autonomy (The Information Daily, 30 January 2013)
• A sadly flawed portrayal of Britain's Communist history (Morning Star, 14 January 2013)
• Where did all the comrades go? (BBC Radio 4, 14 January 2013)
• The coalition's broken promises audit: All the best bits (Politics, 9 January 2013)
• Coalition to go the distance, Cameron and Clegg insist (BBC, 7 January 2013)
• Government faces pressure over lobbyists' register (Public Servant, 3 January 2013)
• Claims spur case for lobbyists’ register (warning: paywall) (FT, 2 January 2013)

2012

• Leaders' debates could be held months before polling day, says David Cameron (Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2012)
• Calls for lobbyists to declare their dealings with MSPs (Sunday Herald, 18 November 2012)
• Support grows for new restrictions on Holyrood lobbyists (Scotland on Sunday, 18 November 2012)
• What a very small world: Why are so many figures in the Leveson Inquiry connected to New Labour's favourite media quango Ofcom? (Daily Mail, 16 November 2012) *Note: this article is about historical members of Charter 88 and does not reflect our current structures*
• Crackdown on Holyrood lobbyists could create ‘two-tier’ access level to MSPs (The Scotsman, 28 October 2012)
• Experts put their spin on lobbying (The Scotsman, 19 October 2012)
• Unions fail to inform members they can opt out of Labour funding (The Telegraph, 2 October 2012)
• Sheffield post offices "saved by the public" (Public Service, 5 September 2012)
• Public "being ignored" over lobbying reforms (Independent, 28 August 2012)
• London mayoral rivals use loophole to conceal donors' identities (Guardian, 16 July 2012)
• Shamed politician Lord Watson costs the taxpayer £10,000 a speech (Sunday Mail, 15 July 2012)
• UK 'unbalanced' if Scots vote for independence (South Wales Evening Post, 13 July 2012)
• First Minister's Westminster Speech (ITN, 12 July 2012)
• Carwyn Jones lays out his vision of the future of the UK in a speech (Western Mail, 12 July 2012)
• U.K.'s House of Lords may face modern elections (USA Today, 11 July 2012)
• Plaid peer responds to House of Lords criticism (ITN, 11 July 2012)
• Dafydd Elis-Thomas' single vote in the Lords last year cost the taxpayer £15,488 (Western Mail, 11 July 2012)
• Are the government’s proposals for House of Lords reform a sensible move forward? (City AM, 2 July 2012)
• Peers claim tens of thousands of pounds in expenses - and don't bother to vote (Telegraph, 29 June 2012)
• What happened to the Communist Party of Great Britain's millions? (BBC, 13 June 2012)
• Interview: Peter Facey and the long game of Lords reform (Politics, 22 May 2012)
• When ministers say 'no' to FOI requests (BBC, 15 May 2012)
• Queen's Speech: Campaigners and politicians respond (BBC, 9 May 2012)
• Queen's Speech includes 19 new bills (Public Service, 9 May 2012)
• Queen's speech: Politics live blog (Guardian, 9 May 2012)
• Boost for Nick Clegg as majority of voters favour House of Lords reform (Guardian, 23 April 2012)
• Local MP wants law changed to allow us to sack politicians (Londonderry Sentinal, 23 April 2012)
• Charities should not fear a lobbying register, but this proposal is inadequate (Guardian, 12 April 2012)
• Nick Clegg wants to let MPs keep family fortunes under wraps (Telegraph, 11 April 2012)
• Lobbying scandal: we used to imprison foreign agents – now we give them six-figure salaries (Telegraph, 10 April 2012)
• Miliband pledges to publish list of donor meetings (BBC, 28 March 2012)
• David Cameron faces calls for independent inquiry over new 'cash for access' row involving Tory donors (Telegraph, 26 March 2012)
• Letters: Voting rules: the right balance (Independent, 17 March 2012)
• Letters: Parties must unite to reform the Lords (Independent, 1 March 2012)
• Welsh Government urged to publish details of lobbyist meetings (Western Mail, 11 February 2012)
• Call for info on lobbyist meetings with Welsh ministers (BBC, 10 February 2012)
• Ministers 'misled MPs over need for nuclear power stations' (Guardian, 31 January 2012)
• Lobby reform chief faces inquiry into Twitter abuse for campaigners (Independent, 31 January 2012)
• Lobbying official turned down reform meetings (Independent, 30 January 2012)
• 'I wish it would die': Senior civil servant forced to resign after abusing campaign group on Twitter (Mail Online, 29 January 2012)
• ‘Abusive’ lobbying reform chief quits over tweets (paywall) (Sunday Times, 29 January 2012)
• What is the role of bishops in UK politics? (BBC, 25 January 2012)

Pre-2012

• A new jury to put the British public interest first (Guardian, 31 July 2011)
• Telegraph Media Group triumphs at AOP Digital Publishing Awards (Telegraph, 10 June 2010)
• Michael Grade among 54 people to receive peerages (BBC News, 19 November 2010)
• Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes to become Tory peer (Guardian, 19 November 2010)
• Tory MP and Green MP join forces to push for PR voting (BBC News, 4 October 2010)
• Unlock Democracy on their purple protest (BBC Radio 5 Live, 9 May 2010)