Tasked with regulating political finance and overseeing elections, the Electoral Commission was designed to operate at arm’s length from ministers, beyond the reach of party politics. For good reason: it would plainly have been unacceptable if the police officers assessing allegations that Reform UK and Nigel Farage breached election spending rules had been required to follow a set of priorities written by a Labour minister - or a Reform minister for that matter. Even if the outcome was entirely lawful, it would not be trusted.

For a second year in a row, the Government has announced that important local elections will be cancelled in parts of England. 

Last year, it was Council elections being called off in areas with nearly 6 million voters. This year, it is Mayoral elections in four areas covering 7.5 million voters - these elections will now be held in 2028. 

Yet again the Government has come under fire from across the political spectrum and from independent organisations. Not only does the cancellation of elections raise huge questions about our democracy, it also shows that the Government’s flagship devolution plans are running years behind schedule.

The UK is waking up to the reality that the UK is also vulnerable to the equivalent of the US’s Project 2025

Across Europe, political trust is in decline, and Britain is no exception. Confidence in the government, political institutions and politicians is at a record low and the position of two major political parties, Labour and Conservatives, is being redefined.

Now is the time for decisive action to improve political education. 

Why are young men giving up on democracy? Young men are angry, and disaffected men are gravitating towards radical figures who wage war on democratic institutions.

While deliverism is no guarantee of brighter electoral prospects for Labour, failure to oversee improved levels of trust in politics is a near-certain recipe for defeat.

Such a radical rethink in how the State handles our personal data raises some significant concerns which have yet to be addressed.

If you want to see what happens when politics gets stuck in the past, look no further than France.

President Trump kickstarted a gerrymandering war by instructing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts and Democrat Gavin Newsom responding with retaliatory redistricting in California.

It’s official - the Government has decided that it will introduce a Mandatory Digital ID scheme in the UK.

The President has started a gerrymandering war ahead of next year’s crucial mid-term elections.

We’ve been here before. In 1969, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18, but its introduction was opposed by many, in the same way that votes for 16-year-olds are being opposed today.

On 16th July 2025, 4 Labour MPs were suspended from the party following “repeated breaches of parliamentary discipline”.

Shortly after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, an official working for the Ministry of Defence accidentally leaked the details of 18,700 Afghans who had applied to move to the UK.

The government’s new elections strategy is a welcome step in the right direction – modernisation that’s long overdue. Not the full answer, but progress.

Nothing sums up how broken our political system is quite like the House of Lords.

It is well understood that the political legitimacy of democratic governments depends partly on levels of participation measured by levels of voter turnout at elections, but not entirely.

Protests have always played a vital role in democracy and have led to monumental change in the UK and abroad. Whether it be the Chartist marches, women’s suffrage protests or fox-hunting protests.

A choice for the Prime Minister. YouGov has published new projections on how voters would cast their support if a General Election was held tomorrow and it shows a dramatic shift.