North Herts Council is required by law to undertake a review of polling districts and polling places every 5 years. Although the consultation period will begin formally in October, the Council is inviting feedback now that it can use to begin drafting proposals. Please let them know if you have any feedback on polling stations […]
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North Herts and Stevenage Green Party hosted the latest in our series of Truth for A Change talks in June 2023, on the question of Representative Democracy: Do we need it? What would it look like? Whether you missed them or would just like to refresh your memory, you can now watch our talks on […]
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New laws passed in 2022 mean that you now need an approved form of voter photo id to vote at a polling station. This is an unnecessary law – there are hardly any cases of voter impersonation. It is an expensive law – it is estimated that it will cost £180 million per decade to […]
Take Part in the Human Rights Act Consultation The UK government has recently launched a consultation on proposals to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights thus seeking to restore a balance between the rights of individuals, personal responsibility and wider public interest. 1 However, it is expected that the proposed […]
Should They Downgrade Your Democracy? MPs are currently voting on the Elections Bill which would make you use First Past the Post whenever you vote for mayors or Policy and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales. Make Votes Matter, the national movement for Proportional Representation, is organising a rally to oppose this downgrade on the […]
Save the Right to Protest! The Government is trying to take away our democratic freedom to protest. Our Green Peers, Jenny Jones and Natalie Bennett, have been leading opposition in the Lords to this extremely dangerous Bill, which effectively allows the police, acting under instruction from government, the power to stop any protest. The government’s […]
Stop the Government’s Plans to Let Ministers Throw out Legal Rulings The Government plans to restrict the use of judicial review and thus further curtail the power of the courts to overrule decisions by ministers. One of the options under consideration, and understood to have the support of No 10, is for MPs to pass […]
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