The Paradise Papers have shown that the elites aren’t contributing their fair share to society by avoiding taxation through different (legal and illegal) mechanisms. The UK government has failed once again to tackle this important problem. In a time in which whilst cuts and austerity hit harder the most vulnerable in our societies, we need to ask ourselves: why?
Read MoreDavid 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?
Read MoreAs the EU (Withdrawal) Bill heads to Committee Stage in the House of Commons, Malene Bratlie from the Repeal Bill Alliance explains what Committee Stage is and what we can expect.
Read MoreThe government is plagued by scandals, and the Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel may be the second minister to fall in just a week.
Read MoreThe Lord Speaker’s Committee on the size of the House of Lords recently published a report on its findings and recommendations. While the report proposes long-needed reforms and is a step in the right direction, it only offers a piecemeal approach to reforming the second chamber rather than offering the radical, wholesale solutions we need to make the chamber fit for a twenty-first-century democracy.
Read MoreThe government will soon publish it's Trade Bill. So let's talk about the current trade system we have in the UK, why trade democracy matters, and how our system needs wholesale reform to put parliament front and centre.
Read MoreOn the 30th of October the House of Commons considered an e-petition relating to proportional representation. The overwhelming majority of speakers supported a change in the voting system. Here a summary of what happened.
Read MoreWhat exactly have Nissan, UBS, and countless other corporations been told by the government, that would give them the confidence to make such bold public reassurances in times of such great uncertainty? What deals have been done, or promises made?
Read MoreLast week former MP Graham Allen visited Unlock Democracy to talk about all things relating to written constitutions - what are they, why doesn’t the UK have one, how we would benefit from having a codified constitution, and how we would get there.
Read MoreOn the 10th October Catalonia’s President, Carles Puigdemont, declared independence for the region, only to suspend it seconds later in order to negotiate with the Spanish government. This is part one of a two part blog series exploring what is going on with the process of independence in Catalonia.
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