David Cameron is facing a parliamentary revolt over plans to allow voters to sack their MP. Some fear the recall legislation, championed by Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, could be used by party chiefs to get rid of those who refuse to fall in line.
Ed Milband has claimed that his "biggest opponent" is not other political parties but...
The House of Commons will be fitted with mains plug sockets to allow MPs to connect t...
Nick Clegg has said he would like to introduce the ability to recall MPs in this parl...
The Lib Dems will resurrect their stalled plans to reform the House of Lords in any f...
Cam's travails with the sceptics are eerily reminiscent of Ed's tortuous positioning around strikes. Remember how the Labour leader kept repeating that action wa...
Eleanor Laing said rights of succession to hereditary peerages should be equalised for female heirs, arguing "out of 92 hereditary peers, only 2 are women". “Like...
Stephen Williams called for “working class kids” to replace some of the “toffs” involved in the state opening of Parliament. “I quite like a lot of the pageantry,...
Simon Hughes said the Liberal Democrats have been forced to take UKIP seriously following the local elections. "Firstly, what is has done is forced us to take UKI...
IPPR press release Young voters should be required to vote first time round Compulsory first-time voting could tackle political inequality, empowering young vot...
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