UK Democracy Under Strain

UK Democracy Under Strain: Democratic Backsliding and ...

There have been concerns about declining levels of democracy and democratic backsliding around the world. Countries such as the United ...

UK Democracy Under Strain: Democratic Backsliding And ...

The Elections Act 2022 reduces the independence of electoral bodies and introduces photographic voter identification requirements. Media ...

UK Democracy Under Strain: - Squarespace

Citation format: Toby S. James (2023) The UK's Democracy Under Strain: Democratic Backsliding 2019-23. Unlock Democracy: London. © Unlock ...

Report: UK Democracy Under Strain

A new report commissioned by democratic pressure groups, Unlock Democracy and Compass, sounds the alarm about a long-term decline of UK democracy.

UK Democracy 'In Retreat' Despite Ousting of Boris Johnson, New ...

According to the research, ministers have pushed through changes to Britain's political system that pose 'considerable risks' for the ...

After the Johnson years, it's time to renew British democracy

New research shows how, across a range of measures, Britain has been undergoing a process of democratic backsliding since Boris Johnson became prime minister ...

The United Kingdom's political constitution is under severe strain

POLITICAL INSTABILITY and constitutional uncertainty have framed the past eight years of British politics. Parliament, government and the ...

The UK in a volatile world - Commons Library

The 2024 Parliament will face a world that the UK's Chief of Defence Staff has said is “undeniably becoming much more dangerous” and where the “international ...

The UK's approach to democracy and human rights - ICAI

These included making government, political, media or civil society bodies more effective, and improving rights and access to democratic institutions for at- ...

Review of the UK's approach to democracy and human rights - ICAI

In the context of development assistance and diplomacy, the concept of democracy is usually thought of in terms of respect for civil liberties and political ...

Unchecked power? How recent constitutional reforms are ...

The constitution has consistently felt under strain in recent years, following a succession of crises. Alison Young argues that a written ...

Britain's Democratic Failure by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

The case for requiring that Brexit-type votes achieve a supermajority still seems right. The question is not whether Brexit was right or wrong.

After the Johnson years, it's time to renew British democracy

New research shows how, across a range of measures, Britain has been undergoing a process of democratic backsliding since Boris Johnson ...

Voter ID is just one item in a long list of assaults on our democracy

Letters: Breaches of standards in public office, clampdowns on protest and attacks on the judiciary have all featured in the last few years ...

DED0022 Written evidence submitted by Unlock Democracy ...

Unlock Democracy campaigns on a range of democracy-related issues including: transparency and accountability of government, electoral reform, ...

Democracy in the UK after Brexit | The Constitution Unit - UCL

The UK's democratic arrangements were strained significantly during the Brexit process, with the proper roles of parliament, government, the courts, and the ...

Bedrocks of democracy under threat across the globe

The bedrocks of democracy are weakening across the globe, with half of countries suffering democratic declines ranging from flawed elections to curtailed ...

The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy ...

Over the past two years, a Constitution Unit team has been examining public attitudes to democracy in the UK. The project's final report ...

Deliberative Democracy – a way forward for the UK?

Chairman: Dr Rod Dacombe, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London. Event details. 23 October 2020 14:00 to ...

Democratic backsliding by country - Wikipedia

Democratic backsliding, also known as autocratization, is the decline in democratic qualities of a political regime, the opposite of democratization.