On International Day of Democracy, we reflect on the vital importance of democratic principles and the need to safeguard them both domestically and globally. However, the celebration of democracy is tempered by a global landscape increasingly fraught with challenges.

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Unlock Democracy has joined with over 70 organisations from across civil society to call on the government to seriously rethink its approach. If Brexit is about taking back control, then it simply can’t mean undertaking a transfer of unaccountable powers to the executive.