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What are the next stages for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill?
In June MPs voted to send the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to the House of Lords for further scrutiny, what happens now?
Labour should introduce the alternative vote system for mayoral elections
The alternative vote would be fairer and more appropriate than the system the government favours.
A new national police force is the right move, but the case for merging local forces is much weaker
There is much to welcome in the home secretary’s proposals on police reform.
Office for Nuclear Regulation
The Office for Nuclear Regulation's mission is to protect society by ensuring the safety of all nuclear operations. But how does it regulate?
MPs who change party allegiance
After three recent defections, five of the eight sitting Reform MPs were formerly Conservative MPs. What happens when MPs change political parties?
Local elections 2026
On Thursday, 7 May 2026, local elections will take place in many parts of England.
The UK needs a robust growth strategy and a stronger No.10 to deliver it
On growth policy rhetoric is not enough.
How the centre of government can design better growth policy
Why does the UK struggle with growth?
Electoral systems across the UK
How do the electoral systems in the House of Commons and devolved legislatures work?
The government needs to set out how it will achieve its vision of a modern digital state
Digital transformation has not needed a new vision. It has needed a better plan.