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  • Political and Civic Engagement in Wales in the age of the Big Society

    Building on the Hansard Society's annual Audit of Political Engagement (this year focusing on coalition politics, civic involvement and the Big Society), Dr Ruth Fox and Matt Korris travelled to Cardiff Bay to examine the impact of devolution on political engagment and civil society in Wales. Here...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 07-01-2011

  • Lord Speaker Hustings 2011

    The announcement of Baroness Hayman on 9 May 2011 not to stand for reelection as Lord Speaker paved the way for the first Hansard Society Lord Speaker hustings. Six candidates decided to stand for the position, which will be elected by the House on 13 July 2011. Taking place in the Robing Room in the...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 06-29-2011

  • Are Westminster and Whitehall Coping with the Coalition?

    One year after the formation of the first coalition government since the 1930s, new research by the Constitution Unit investigated how the corridors of Whitehall were coping with the new occupants of No10 and Westminster. The audience were treated to a panel of constitutional experts to discuss the interim...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 06-17-2011

  • The Digital Agenda for Change: Where are we one year on?

    More open government and greater transparency is becoming a reality as both Whitehall and Parliament begin making data sets publicly available. We’ve also seen social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook, creating a shift in the way some MPs are connecting with their constituents. There has been...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 06-16-2011

  • Explaining Cameron's Coalition

    The 2010 General Election produced the UK’s first peacetime coalition in nearly 80 years, an outcome that had ‘radically altered the British political landscape’. In a new book by Sir Robert Worcester (Chairman and founder of MORI), Dr Roger Mortimore (Director of Political Analyst at Ipsos MORI), Paul...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 05-19-2011

  • Democracy Forum - Private Members’ Bills: Rejuvenation or Abolition?

    The number of Private Members’ Bills that receive Royal Assent has declined reapidly since the 1960s when David Steel (now Lord Steel) introduced the Abortion Act. Whilst there has been many reforms in other areas of the legislative process, Private Members’ Bills have yet to see any radical changes...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 05-18-2011

  • Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP: Making Parliament Work for People

    The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, set out Labour's goal of a 100% elected House of Lords in a packed event at Portcullis House. Hilary Benn said: "The changes I have set out tonight – which some might not see as relevant to restoring trust – are in fact all about...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 05-12-2011

  • The RSA/Hansard Society AV Debate

    Ahead of the UK's second nationwide referendum, the Hansard Society and the RSA held a joint debate in central London on the arguments fore and against changing the voting system used to elect MPs. On May 3 2011, the British electorate will be asked the following question: 'At present, the UK...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 05-05-2011

  • Referendums: The voice of the people or the tyranny of the vocal?

    What is the purpose of referendums? Does the result really represent the people? And are they effective? These were a few of the issues discussed at a packed debate in the Portcullis House in Westminster on 3rd May 2011, just 36 hours before the UK's first nationwide referendum since 1975. With a...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 05-04-2011

  • The 8th Audit of Political Engagement

    The eighth Audit of Political Engagement was launched on March 30 in Parliament. The Audit series provides a statistical context to everyday speculation about the state of political engagement. In doing so, the Audits indicate the degree to which attitudes and behaviour change year-on-year and allows...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 03-31-2011
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