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We're backing the Fair Play Pledge
We’re campaigning to restore fair play in our elections.
Probe needed into 'dark money' groups
The Electoral Commission must investigate whether anti-Labour campaign groups broke the law in 2019.
Elections 2021 - our rising concern
The Government is failing in its duty to ensure May’s elections will be free and fair
Give power to local communities
More decisions taken at a local level will be good for our democracy.
Elections 2021: A looming democratic own goal
The government needs to act to ensure elections can happen safely.
Campaign Update: Hands off the Electoral Commission
If any political party or campaign organisation breaks the political finance laws at elections
Restoring Trust in our Institutions and Democracy
A Commission on the constitution, democracy and rights should be established to secure our rights for the future.
The Time is Ripe for ‘Delectable Disputations’
A devolved response to Covid would have been more effective and a written constitution would have stopped the Government’s power grab and centralising all the decision-making in Whitehall
Letter to Liz Truss: Shine a light on the secretly-funded think tanks advising the government
Secretly-funded think tanks are advising the government on trade. Transparency around their funders and income is needed now.
Tom Brake, former MP, appointed as Director of Unlock Democracy
Tom Brake has been appointed the new Director of Unlock Democracy
WATCH: Ending First Past the Post in 2021
A recording of Unlock Democracy’s event at Labour Connected 2020
LAUNCH: Labour for a New Democracy
We’re proud to be part of the new joint project, Labour for a New Democracy
EVENT: Ending First Past the Post @ Labour Connected
What we’ve got on at the Labour Party’s digital conference this year
Resisting threats to muzzle the elections watchdog
The independent elections watchdog has been threatened with abolition
Why a fair political system needs a fair voting system
A fairer politics can be reality. Proportional representation is part of that.
Is the UK government finally bringing online campaigning under control?
Social media has dramatically changed political campaigning. Here’s how the Government is responding.