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We need to be looking at removing other barriers to voting in Wales

Early indications suggest Welsh voting pilots went well

In May’s local elections, four areas in Wales trialled a different way of voting – allowing people to cast their vote before election day...

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New Zealands journey provides lessons for the UK

How did New Zealand get proportional representation?

Prior to 1996, MPs were elected to New Zealand’s House of Representatives using the same unrepresentative First Past The Post (FPTP) system that is used to elect MPs to the UK’s House of Commons...

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Only a fully democratic second chamber can provide the accountability we need

It’s time to scrap the tradition of resignation honours

Boris Johnson cannot be allowed to use his final days in power to pack the Lords with his supporters and allies...

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These are lifetime passes with exclusive access to the corridors of power

Johnson’s resignation honours list will last a lifetime

With the Prime Minister set to exit Downing Street in the near future, attention has turned to who’s staying behind: his resignation honours list...

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Coverage we've won

We've had a lot of coverage around the House of Lords recently with the polling we commissioned in the Guardian Poll shows 54% against Boris Johnson drawing up resignation honours list. Quite a few papers published quotes from us, including the Byline Times on Boris Johnson’s Golden Goodbyes, The Financial Times in Johnson to increase House of Lords numbers despite downsizing pledge, and The National in Scottish peers only attend House of Lords half of the time, report finds.

Our issues in the news

Irish Times - The UK can save the union through one change in policy
The Guardian - Boris Johnson is planning to fill the Lords with his cronies and legitimise bribery
The Times - There should be no new peers before the next election
New Statesman - Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list will be the final insult
The Guardian - York and North Yorkshire to get mayor under £540m devolution deal
The Critic - The end of the party

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