Category - political reform | Ekklesia

Receive our daily news briefing or weekly bulletin

Robin Hood tax

Still Human Still Here coalition on asylum

Accord Coalition for inclusive schooling

Ekklesia bookshop

Join Ekklesia on Facebook

Follow Ekklesia on Twitter

Advertise with Ekklesia

Reach tens of thousands of people instantly by advertising with Ekklesia. Find out more

Today's most viewed

Charity Gifts and Sponsorship

Ekklesia is pleased to support, adopt and sponsor: Present Aid charity gifts from Christian Aid Alternative charity gifts from World Vision Oxfam Unwrapped charity gifts Unicef inspired gifts Adopt an animal with WWF Practical charity gifts from Practical Presents CAFOD World Gifts SOS Child Sponsorship

Category - political reform

14 Feb 2012

Welfare Reform Bill: Financial privilege, constitutional convention, fiscal and second chamber reform implications
22 Jan 2012

Government lobbying proposals are 'business as usual for crony capitalism'

The government’s consultation on the statutory register of lobbyists is deeply unsatisfactory and deceptive, say political reform campaigners.
22 Nov 2011

Call for cleaner politics instead of elected police commissioners

Political reform group Unlock Democracy has called for the government to scrap its plans to introduce expensive elected police commissioner elections.
18 Sep 2011

UK public mistrusts 'big money' influence on political parties

A new poll by the Committee on Standards in Public Life indicates widespread public mistrust towards major donors to political parties.
5 Aug 2011

Real change takes decades

Real political change does not follow one, or even three, crises. It takes decades, says Jonathan Bartley, surveying the scene this summer. In certain respects things aren’t all that different from sixty years ago. But grassroots pressure still makes a difference.
5 May 2011

AV Referendum debate: a full timeline

For the last 15 months, Ryan Gallagher has here been chronicling the debate around the Alternative Vote (AV) referendum for OurKingdom, the UK section of the groundbreaking openDemocracy website and forum.
5 May 2011

Can differential turnout overcome the polls and deliver a 'Yes'?

There was a tremendously good ‘Yes to Fairer Votes’ rally last night. We sat in the raked theatre of the Royal Institution where the great 19th century experiments were tested that opened the way to the modern era. Will we be so lucky with the British voting system?
5 May 2011

'Yes, we need a better politics', say Fairer Votes campaigners

Fairer votes campaigners from all parties and none have called upon people across Britain to vote for improving politics and to reject negativity in today's AV poll.
3 Apr 2011

Yes on 5 May means challenging 'business as usual', says campaign

"I don't want to wake up after 5 May and find out it’s business as usual at Westminster," said Eddie Izzard at the official launch of Yes to Fairer Votes.
25 Dec 2010

New Year's resolution: change British politics

Ekklesia co-director Jonathan Bartley, who has been seconded* for part of the week to act as a spokesperson for the Yes! To Fairer Votes campaign, has made a video appealing for New Year support in the run-up to the 5 May 2011 voting system referendum.

Find out more

Related Research

Consultation on the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill

20 Mar 2013
Truth and lies about poverty, benefits and welfare

1 Mar 2013
Hunger can be ended: but how and by whom?

3 Feb 2013
Questioning Demos: faith groups, social justice and public services

23 Jan 2013
Briefing on Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2012

17 Jan 2013