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The recently passed Elections Bill means voters must now have to provide photo ID to vote, including in today’s local elections. The government says this policy is necessary for “stamping out the potential for voter fraud to take place and...
The government’s new Voter ID laws risk significantly undermining political participation, according to new polling commissioned by the cross party think tank Demos. The think tank argues that the new laws mean that both voters who are traditionally engaged and...
Today, we’re launching a new co-design tool called Combined Choice. This is part of Demos’ work to build a different kind of democracy: an everyday democracy in which people are involved in the democratic process regularly and deeply, not once...
Announcing his new role as Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency to The Sun’s readers last month, Jacob Rees-Mogg declared that, “to do my job I need your wisdom.” Specifically, he wanted to know from the public where to...
By Charles Seaford With COP26 about to commence, the Government is on a mission to try and build consensus internationally in order to tackle the climate emergency globally. But the Government also has another task on its hands – it ...
“It’s a very strange state of affairs online…” – Participant in our men’s focus group What happens over the next few months will likely shape the Internet for years to come: the election in the US, where battles over misinformation...
The current health crisis has in many ways seen Britain form a united front: working to tackle our neighbourhood struggles together, a shared appreciation for our carers, and a common feeling of solidarity in the fight against the virus. But...
Allegations of a Cabinet minister’s intervention in the planning process has been causing waves throughout Westminster this week. While details of the particular case are still emerging, it begs a wider question: how common is it that planning decisions like...
British politics has always had a complicated relationship with experts. Different governments have defined and redefined expert roles in their administrations, with arguments for and against technocratic policymaking filling the halls of Westminster at times of change, challenge and crisis....
