It’s time for the people to decide where power should lie.
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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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The government has fought, kicking and screaming, against giving our elected representatives in Parliament a whisper of a debate - let alone a vote - on the withdrawal agreement with the EU.
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There’s a housing crisis in the UK, and yet unbelievably, councillors are still allowed to be on the payroll of developers and property lobbying firms. We take a look at some of the key ethical issues in local government lobbying.
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The House of Lords has voted to amend the government’s flagship Brexit legislation, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. What changes did peers make which have gotten corners of the press and some Eurosceptic MPs so anguished?
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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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When it comes to whether the lives of British troops should be put on the line in Syria, Parliament is powerless to act, and the Prime Minister is accountable to no one. Unaccountable power and an unacceptable process of undemocratic decision making have crystallised why the UK’s archaic unwritten constitution is so problematic.
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On Thursday 29 March Unlock Democracy's Director Alexandra Runswick spoke at the Fair Vote rally outside Parliament. This is what she had to say.
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Unlock Democracy is calling for an urgent and immediate overhaul of electoral law and extended powers for the Electoral Commission, in light of allegations that Vote Leave has broken electoral law.
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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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