Archive for political parties elections and referendums act 2000

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Political party funding: transparency alone isn’t enough

If we really want to reform party funding, we need politicians or trade unions to be brave. Transparency has failed. That is the lesson from the last decade of political party funding reform. Encapsulated by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act of 2000, the emphasis – with general cross-party support – has been on [...]

The Government’s farcical slowness over updating election imprint rules

Six years on from receiving a recommendation from the Electoral Commission that existing legal powers should be used to clarify how the rules regarding election imprints apply to internet campaigning, the Government has still failed to act. This is despite the Government acknowledging in its official response to the recommendation the “importance” of getting this [...]