1 Jul 2020
Electoral Reform Society – The government needs to move swiftly on modernising Britain’s ‘dangerously outdated’ electoral rules, according to a key Lords committee.
Read more18 Mar 2020
Scottish Legal News – Reforms that aim to simplify, clarify and improve electoral law have today been published by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of England and Wales.
Read more26 Feb 2020
Parliament UK: Legal experts have given evidence on electoral fraud and electoral law to a Lords Select Committee…
Read more22 Jan 2020
They Work For You – To ask the Mayor, what training in election law is undertaken by those officers who police polling stations during general elections?
Read more20 Jan 2020
The Guardian – Political organisations would face unlimited fines for breaking electoral law under new proposals to protect UK elections and referendums from “dirty money and dodgy data misuse”.
Read more4 Nov 2019
Publications – Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Electoral Law: The Urgent Need for Review (HC 244) Published 1 November 2019
Read more16 Oct 2019
They Work For You – The Cabinet Office is taking a cross-Government approach to the safeguarding of our electoral processes through the Defending Democracy programme and we continue to work closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Read more15 Jul 2019
Parliament UK – On Tuesday 16 July, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) will hear from the Electoral Reform Society and political scientists about the consequences of continued inaction on electoral law reform.
Read more12 Jul 2019
Electoral Reform Society – 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.
Read more3 Jul 2019
Parliament UK – Amidst speculation of a potential early general election, PACAC takes evidence from the Law Commission on its 2016 report which found that UK electoral law is “complex, voluminous and fragmented” and in need of urgent reform.
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