The incoming majority Conservative government has opted to abolish the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, which unlike the other commons committees does not exist on a statutory basis. Democratic Audit UK asked experts and practitioners to respond to the news, who are united in considering it a foolhardy decision which will do little to improve Britain’s ailing democracy
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The Wright reforms have been widely credited with revitalising Parliamentary Select Committees. Howe...
The incoming majority Conservative Government have made one of their first decisions the abolition o...
Just how strong is the Conservatives mandate? With only 24.7% of eligible voters opting to support t...
David Cameron recently announced his intention to repeal the Human Rights Act were his Conservative ...
As part of the 2017 Audit of UK Democracy, Sonali Campion, Sean Kippin and the DA team examine how t...
Since the election last May, the coalition government has pursued a wide-ranging programme of consti...
The Coalition Government has proposed a new measure to counteract some of the asymmetries brought ab...
Many political and constitutional steps are needed in order to for the UK to leave the European Unio...
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Much reformist discussion of the House of Commons views it as an institution in permanent decline, o...
The UK’s political and democratic system are under severe strain, with declining turnout and increas...
The events leading to the Strathclyde Review highlighted a fundamental problem with our democratic s...
MPs exert their most effective influence on UK public policy via the network of select committees in...
One of the most significant changes in the British House of Commons has been the development in 1979...
As part of our 2017 Audit of UK Democracy, Artemis Photiadou and Patrick Dunleavy consider how well ...
The Wright reforms have been widely credited with revitalising Parliamentary Select Committees. Howe...
The incoming majority Conservative Government have made one of their first decisions the abolition o...
Just how strong is the Conservatives mandate? With only 24.7% of eligible voters opting to support t...
David Cameron recently announced his intention to repeal the Human Rights Act were his Conservative ...
As part of the 2017 Audit of UK Democracy, Sonali Campion, Sean Kippin and the DA team examine how t...
Since the election last May, the coalition government has pursued a wide-ranging programme of consti...
The Coalition Government has proposed a new measure to counteract some of the asymmetries brought ab...
Many political and constitutional steps are needed in order to for the UK to leave the European Unio...
Who is at fault for Britain’s democratic crisis? While political parties seek to be the solution to ...
Much reformist discussion of the House of Commons views it as an institution in permanent decline, o...
The UK’s political and democratic system are under severe strain, with declining turnout and increas...
The events leading to the Strathclyde Review highlighted a fundamental problem with our democratic s...
MPs exert their most effective influence on UK public policy via the network of select committees in...
One of the most significant changes in the British House of Commons has been the development in 1979...
As part of our 2017 Audit of UK Democracy, Artemis Photiadou and Patrick Dunleavy consider how well ...
The Wright reforms have been widely credited with revitalising Parliamentary Select Committees. Howe...