Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...
The Constitution Unit conducts timely, rigorous, independent research into constitutional change and the reform of political institutions. Our research has significant real-world impact, inf...
The government has begun the process of reviewing the BBC’s royal charter for its renewal beyond 2027. This process raises fundamental quest...
The 2026 Senedd (Welsh Parliament) election may be one of the most significant since the start of devolution. Much attention is rightly bein...
The 2024 election delivered an unusually fragmented opposition; almost half the non-government seats in the House of Commons were won by par...
The UK awards hundreds of honours each year to mark notable achievements and contributions to society. These awards – such as knighthoods, d...
Please note that, in places, the microphones momentarily failed to record the proceedings at this event. We apologise. In the UK, calls for...
The UK government published an elections policy paper in the summer, including proposals for votes at 16, automated electoral registration,...
Many of the highest-profile political issues – including trade, security, and immigration – are now shaped by international treaties and agr...
The UK government has promised a ‘devolution revolution’ in England, with major changes to the structure of regional and local government, a...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
This summer marks a year since Labour’s landslide victory at the 2024 general election. The party’s manifesto contained a number of pledges...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to transform many aspects of our lives in the coming years. One of these is the functioning of the...
Talk of possible reforms to the Stormont institutions has been growing recently, spurred by concerns about repeated institutional collapses,...
Political parties are central to the functioning of representative democracy in the UK, playing a crucial role during and between elections....
Politics in the UK has been in turmoil in recent years — Brexit, Covid, movements for independence in Scotland and Northern Ireland, rule-br...
Recent years have seen frequent complaints about the quality of legislative scrutiny by parliament, and particularly by the House of Commons...
Parliament is at the heart of democracy—it’s where voters are represented, laws are debated, and key decisions are made. But who really cont...
The Labour government has committed to lowering the voting age for Westminster elections from 18 to 16. This proposal raises a number of que...
This year’s UK general election saw a range of concerns about the quality of election discourse. Alongside evidence of many candidates facin...
Opposition parties play a crucial role in parliamentary democracy, scrutinising the government and putting forward alternative policies. But...
This autumn the House of Commons has elected a raft of new select committee chairs who will play an important role in holding the government...
The House of Commons has established a new Modernisation Committee with a remit ‘to consider reforms to House of Commons procedures, standar...
The composition and role of the House of Lords are subject to frequent question. Since the last major change by a Labour government in 1999,...
The role of courts and judges has been controversial in recent years, with criticism of both domestic judges and the European Court of Human...
The last two decades have seen major changes in the structure of sub-national government within England, with the gradual devolution of powe...
The 2019–24 parliament has been dogged by complaints of low standards of conduct by our politicians. Rishi Sunak has committed to upholding...
The podcast originally appeared on 'Uncovering Politics' from UCL's Department of Political Science. In the run up to the UK General Electio...
Whatever the result of the upcoming general election, a large number of new MPs will enter the House of Commons. A well-designed induction p...
Recent years have seen many changes to election regulations in the UK. These changes affect key aspects of how elections are fought and admi...
The UK’s recent air strikes on the Houthis in Yemen have renewed discussion about parliament’s role in approving military action. The govern...
Protest is a fundamental part of democracy. From thousands attending pro-Palestine marches in London, to farmers driving their tractors into...
On 1 February a cross-party expert commission, the UK Governance Project , chaired by former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve, p...
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales launched its final report in January 2024. Its recommendations – which asse...
How parliaments hold ministers (particularly prime ministers) to account is a fundamental part of parliamentary democracy. And one of those...
Peace in Northern Ireland is widely recognised as one of the leading achievements of politics in recent decades. The Good Friday, or Belfast...
Over the past two years, a Constitution Unit team has been examining public attitudes to democracy in the UK. The project’s final report dra...
Mark D’Arcy recently retired after spending 21 years covering events at Westminster for the BBC. During that time he built up an unparallele...
The recent book by journalist and author Ian Dunt provides a detailed and critical account of many aspects of the UK’s political system, inc...
Adopting a more proportional electoral system is opposed by the Conservative Party, and by the Labour leader, but attracts growing support e...
This final keynote session considered the practicalities of delivering constitutional change in the round, whether under the current governm...
The issue of ensuring high standards of behaviour in public life remains high-profile following the Johnson and Truss premierships. Rishi Su...
Relations between the political branches and the courts have been strained in recent years. Pushback against the Court of Justice of the Eur...
Uncertainties over the UK’s future territorial politics are great. The SNP is in turmoil, and the UK government’s block on Holyrood’s gender...
The last few years have seen frequent controversy about parliament’s role, and the government’s openness to parliamentary accountability. Co...
Recent years have seen rising global concern about ‘democratic backsliding’, whereby political leaders challenge democratic norms and instit...
Our democratic system is not working as well as it should: on this, both the public and most experts agree. But what exactly are the problem...
Debates over standards in public life have a long history. Their evolution is partly cyclical, reflecting reactions to extended periods of o...