Resources & research
Resources & research
There are significant measures absent from the Bill which Unlock Democracy believes should be added.
We got responses from 815 Councillors from all political parties, including independent Councillors.Councillors are not confident that the Government’s proposed devolution arrangements will lead to better outcomes for residents.
Read our report marking one year since the current government took office.
Watch our new explainer on how constitutions work, and why they matter. Made in partnership with the International Association for Democracy.
With dwindling public confidence in the integrity of the political system, and growing concerns about the accountability of both the Executive to elected representatives, and the latter to those who elect them, steps are needed to restore trust in politics which is running at record low levels and reverse democratic backsliding and the decline to “elective dictatorship”.
We recently emailed councillors across England to ask for their views on the Government's plans for devolution. Thank you to the councillors who responded to our survey. We greatly appreciate it.
The APPG for Fair Elections has published its report on UK elections and how to restore trust in our politics.
There is a growing consensus that English governance is over-centralised, and that more-or-less radical devolution is required. The possibility of a new government in 2024 creates a unique opening and new impetus for a radical devolutionary settlement in England.
There are many ways in which, despite being the world’s 2nd largest legislative chamber (nearly 800 members), the House of Lords remains highly unrepresentative of the population of the United Kingdom.
This report (the first of three on representation in the House of Lords) focuses on perhaps the most glaring of diversity failures - the gender imbalance of the House of Lords.
You can make a difference to our campaigns by reaching out to your Member of Parliament (MP).
New report: Register Every Voter: How Automatic Voter Registration can bring the forgotten millions back into our democracy by Toby S. James
A new report commissioned by democratic pressure groups, Unlock Democracy and Compass, sounds the alarm about a long-term decline of UK democracy, exposing a systematic decoupling of people and power.
The UK government is introducing Automatic Voter Registration in the Representation of the People Bill, getting millions of missing voters signed up to vote.