Despite Westminster often being seen as lacking the teeth to affect government policy, Felicity Matthews writes that this is not the case. She argues that reforms to shift the balance between government and parliament have served to offset the declining vote basis of government, and have ensured that Westminster remains responsive to a majority of the electorate through the legislative process
David Howarth explains how the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 has altered the options for no confid...
James Strong discusses the logic behind the scrapping of the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act and its...
Ian Elliott discusses the more systemic factors behind the various controversies in British politics...
Though Westminster is often seen as lacking the teeth to affect government policy, this is not the c...
Government runs roughshod over Parliament, as the 2017 election demonstrates. But the Fixed-term Par...
Petra Schleiter and Thomas Fleming examine the power to prorogue Parliament. They outline the legal ...
The devolved political institutions were intended to produce a more consensual political culture. Ho...
The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme is faced with a fundamental question: ho...
In advance of the election, Theresa May claimed that a resounding victory would enhance her bargaini...
Scotland and Wales’ devolved political institutions, elected under proportional Additional Member el...
The government and Parliament cannot agree how to proceed with Brexit. For some, the solution is for...
Territorial governance in the UK has taken the form of ‘Schrodinger’s devolution’, where the devolve...
In a recent attempt to reset the political agenda as the UK comes out of lockdown, Michael Gove gave...
Luke Cooper and Sam Fowles write that contrary to received wisdom, Parliament does not have the powe...
The EU Withdrawal Bill's return to the Commons saw SNP MPs protest about their voices having been ex...
David Howarth explains how the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 has altered the options for no confid...
James Strong discusses the logic behind the scrapping of the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act and its...
Ian Elliott discusses the more systemic factors behind the various controversies in British politics...
Though Westminster is often seen as lacking the teeth to affect government policy, this is not the c...
Government runs roughshod over Parliament, as the 2017 election demonstrates. But the Fixed-term Par...
Petra Schleiter and Thomas Fleming examine the power to prorogue Parliament. They outline the legal ...
The devolved political institutions were intended to produce a more consensual political culture. Ho...
The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme is faced with a fundamental question: ho...
In advance of the election, Theresa May claimed that a resounding victory would enhance her bargaini...
Scotland and Wales’ devolved political institutions, elected under proportional Additional Member el...
The government and Parliament cannot agree how to proceed with Brexit. For some, the solution is for...
Territorial governance in the UK has taken the form of ‘Schrodinger’s devolution’, where the devolve...
In a recent attempt to reset the political agenda as the UK comes out of lockdown, Michael Gove gave...
Luke Cooper and Sam Fowles write that contrary to received wisdom, Parliament does not have the powe...
The EU Withdrawal Bill's return to the Commons saw SNP MPs protest about their voices having been ex...
David Howarth explains how the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 has altered the options for no confid...
James Strong discusses the logic behind the scrapping of the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act and its...
Ian Elliott discusses the more systemic factors behind the various controversies in British politics...