Tuesday saw the long-awaited return of the EU Withdrawal Bill to the House of Commons. MPs convened to consider a basket of amendments to the bill passed by the House of Lords that the government didn’t want.
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Holyrood has rejected legislative consent for the EU (Withdrawal) Bill - what does that mean, and what happens next?
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Another year, another major scandal revolving around big money distorting our democracy. But cutting through the noise, this is really a story about the same old tricks being used with different packaging.
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The border on the isle of Ireland has becoming a key sticking point in Brexit talks. Brian Gormally, the Director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice, a Belfast based human rights NGO, explains why this issue is so important.
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What you need to know about the Withdrawal Bill as it heads to the House of Lords.
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In the wake of the government’s major defeat on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, many myths have arisen that have wrongly attributed both motivations for why Parliament made the decision it did, and what the consequences of that decision are. We thought we’d shed some light on what is actually going on and clear up the main myths that have come out of the debates.
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A debate which saw the government defeated for the first time on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill saw an engaging and thoughtful discussion amongst MPs that raised a number of questions, like: where should decisions making lie? What does a ‘meaningful’ vote look like? What should the balance of power be the between Parliament and Government?
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The EU (Withdrawal) Bill as drafted undermines the hard-won devolution settlements that have brought stability and peace to the UK’s people. We’re calling on supporters to #StopThePowerGrab of Westminster ministers and support our current devolution settlements.
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Unlock Democracy has joined with nearly seventy organisations from across civil society in the UK, with millions of members, to call for new rules that put democracy, scrutiny, and transparency at the heart of trade.
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David Davis announced that a new bill will be introduced to give Parliament a vote on implementing the withdrawal agreement. The initial reaction has been s to call this a ‘massive concession of government’, but is it really?
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