The biggest news in the world of people campaigning for electoral reform is that we now have a new prime minister who believes in proportional representation (PR).Darren Hughes, Chief Executive at the...

This week is HeartUnions week, a yearly opportunity organised by the TUC to celebrate the power of collective action and the vital role trade unions play in improving working lives across the UK. Let...

A guest blog by Mark E Thomas, Founder of The 99% OrganisationMost constitutional reform is based on the “good chaps theory” of politics according to which, although politicians vary in their effectiv...

The resurgence of far-right and populist right narratives in the media and society has resulted in popular support for radical and extreme right parties and commentators growing to levels unseen since...

Trade Unionists for Proportional Representation

Our campaign for democratic reform is rising from the grassroots and reaching the people in power. Here are the top lines and stories from the UK, Parliament and trade unions.In the UKThe latest YouGo...

Trade unionists understand power, but our crumbling First Past the Post system is not designed for us to wield power. It’s designed to manage our disillusionment.That’s why support for proportional re...

It’s late afternoon and the sun is shining as I stroll along the boardwalk at Brighton Marina to visit Ali and Jason on their houseboat…

Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...

We have good news! Things are starting to move rapidly in the right direction for democratic reform. Here are the top lines on recent events in the UK, in Parliament and in trade unions. In the UK ...

Meeting NASUWT members in Liverpool It was a pleasure to take an exhibition stall to NASUWT conference in Liverpool earlier this year and launch our updated ‘Trade Union Case for Reform’ booklet. ...

Wellsbourne GP practice could become the latest victim of a system that puts profit-making companies ahead of local communities, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

This Saturday parkrun is celebrating 20 years since Paul Sinton-Hewitt held the first free and friendly 5k in Bushy Park, London.

The pleasure of this book lies in its unpredictability. Bonnie Garmus has delivered a novel that twists and turns with a surprise or a…

With much talk about cleaning up politics, the government test on second jobs for MPs, as outlined in The Guardian (23.07.2024) is too…