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July 13, 2020

MPs challenge abolition of online Parliament as unlawful

Excluding shielding MPs from debate means disenfranchising 15.5 million voters, coincidentally the same number who voted for Brexit in the name of democracy, says Geraint Davies MP.
June 11, 2019

Buried official figures demolish government case for mandatory voter ID, says ERS

New research for the Electoral Commission has dealt a fresh blow to the government’s case for mandatory voter ID, says the Electoral Reform Society.
June 20, 2018

Federal court strikes down Kansas anti-voting law

A federal court has struck down Kansas’ documentary proof-of-citizenship law, saying it violated the National Voter Registration Act and the Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union had successfully challenged the measure.
May 5, 2018

Thousands of voters turned away from polling stations in mandatory ID trials

Thousands of people were told they could not vote because of “draconian” ID requirements in five local election areas according to analysis by the Electoral Reform Society.

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Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

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Jan 13 2021

Royal College of Paediatrics calls for urgent review of children's meal packages

Jan 13 2021

Jersey islanders invited to join citizens' jury on assisted dying

Jan 12 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Jan 12 2021

Catholic bishops call on UK to 'forsake its nuclear arsenal'

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