Fewer polling stations and earlier deadline for postal vote applications also recommended to modernise electionsThe UK’s elections system needs a fundamental overhaul including weekend voting and a cut in the number of...
Read MoreAnalysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spendingLabour and the Conservatives would both leave the NHS with lower spending increases than during the years of...
Read MoreAnalysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spendingLabour and the Conservatives would both leave the NHS with lower spending increases than during the years of...
Read MoreStudy of European electoral data suggests social democratic parties alienate supporters by moving towards the political centre Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left...
Read MoreRecord number of female and ethnic minority MPs expected to sit in Commons according to study of candidate selectionsThe next general election is set to herald the most diverse parliament ever, with record numbers of ethnic...
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview, the party’s leader says it is on course for Downing Street, but must not repeat past opposition mistakes• Keir Starmer interviewKeir Starmer on Sunday warns his party not to become...
Read MoreWhistle-stop tour of PM in northern England regions mirrors past Tory efforts at ‘politics in the raw’• UK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak flew to the north of England on Thursday, on a...
Read MorePsephologist known for his Swingometer is remembered as ‘the grand daddy of all election poll watchers’Sir David Butler, the father of modern election science whose career spanned more than 70 years, has died at the...
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