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The spending cap for each party has been raised by 80 percent from 19m to about 35m

New political funding rules sneak in

When people are asked about the problems with money in politics, few raise the issue of there not being enough. But the lack of money is just the ‘issue’ that the government have looked to fix.

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Wales is taking the lead in removing barriers for voters

Wales is leading the way as registering to vote is set to get easier

In our evidence to the Local Government and Housing Committee this week, we welcomed the move towards automatic voter registration.

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Voters do care about womens leadership in elected office

Voters prefer decisions made by panels balanced between men and women

Research shows that when women are absent from political decision-making, voters view governments as less legitimate.

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2023 at the ERS: Our year campaigning for change

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the 21st Century.

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Coverage we've won

Our Chief Executive was in Politics.co.uk on how the ennoblement of David Cameron underlines the case for urgent House of Lords reform.

Our issues in the news

In the news, and a safe seat

New Home Secretary James Cleverly was in the news this week over what he did, or didn't, say about Stockton-on-Tees. Here's how safe his seat of Braintree was in 2019.

Braintree

589th Smallest Margin of Victory
610th Smallest Share of the Vote Needed to Win

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