With only a fraction of local government audits now completed on time and a significant decline in their quality, a fundamental pillar of devolution is under threat, leaving communities in the dark on their council finances, experts warn
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The new Foreign Secretary and peer was involved in one of the biggest lobbying scandals of recent years
Ivor Gaber examines the technique of repeating untruths for a particular gain and how to counter it
If the UK's First Past the Post electoral system can’t deliver its supposed advantages, why we are continuing with it?
Strike-breaking is now mandatory.
The controversy over a £25m party boat speaks to a wider issue: who decides what happens around the Thames?
The disgraced former Prime Minister has been handed a seat in the Lords for life.
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group believes there is evidence of a desire by some politicians to wholly bypass democracy
The Conservatives' rhetoric and actions against the right to protest concern us all, writes Liberty's interim director Akiko Hart.
The opaquely-funded group has close links to the Prime Minister