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Fix politics now

Our broken political system is having a disastrous impact on the country's ability to deal with the problems it faces.

We need a fairer voting system, a new second chamber, more devolution, and safeguards against corruption and cronyism.

The forgotten millions

Millions of citizens are living outside of our political system, without a voice or say in what's going on in the UK.

We believe that it's the Government's duty to ensure that all eligible citizens are on the UK's electoral register.

Scrap Voter ID

At least 14,000 people were blocked from voting in May’s local elections in England.

It is certain that far more eligible voters will be barred from polling stations at the next General Election.

ONE voter blocked by this unnecessary law is too many.

Think tanks must be more transparent

Think tanks are able to exert considerable political influence in the UK.

But for some think tanks, it is impossible to find who their big donors are and what their commercial interests are.

What are they hiding?

Government by WhatsApp has let Ministers sidestep scrutiny and accountability.

We believe Ministers should be legally obliged to retain all their work-related communications, including WhatsApp messages.

Honours on merit, not cronyism

Honours should be awarded based on merit alone. No more gongs for disreputable cronies and donors.

This blatant cronyism damages the reputation of Parliament and corrodes the public’s trust in our politics.

Overseas constituencies

UK citizens living abroad should be represented by MPs whose bread and butter is dealing with the challenges UK citizens face living abroad.

We need overseas constituencies so that these citizens can be properly represented in Westminster

Protect our human rights

This Government has demonstrated that it is happy to cast aside our international treaties on human rights.

We are calling on them to uphold our human rights instead of violating international human rights agreements.

Closed campaigns

The last few years have been a challenging time for democracy in the UK.

Our members and supporters have helped us campaign on a wide range of issues and you can read more about them here.

 

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