Current electoral legislation is not fit for purpose. The core elements of our electoral law date back to Victorian times, with legislation failing to keep up with societal and cultural changes, and developments in digital technology...
Last Monday, the firing gun started on the Scottish Government’s plans for a ‘Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland’. Hundreds gathered to discuss what this might look like, what it might involve, and how it could improve how democracy works in Scotland...
Last week, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee published its response to the government’s Online Harms White Paper, where it called for urgent legislation to safeguard future elections...
It’s clear that there is a growing appetite for a new kind of democracy, after hundreds gathered on Monday evening to debate plans for a Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland...
