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Academics and campaigners launch ‘Citizens’ Assemblies’ to debate UK’s constitutional future
Leading academics and the Electoral Reform Society will launch a major democratic project in Parliament this week, ahead of two ground-breaking gatherings to debate Britain’s constitutional future at a local level [1]. The ‘Citizens’ Assembly’ pilot project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [2], will be launched in the Palace of Westminster on […]
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Citizens’ Assembly Summary
Increasingly, UK politicians from all sides of politics have been calling for greater devolution and decentralisation of powers. In fact, the leaders of most political parties have all, at some point, shown support for a shift in powers or a Constitutional Convention on governance in the UK. In part, this is the product the shifting […]
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NGOs and academics launch pilot ‘citizen assemblies’ to discuss UK’s constitutional future
Academics and civil society organisations will bring together citizens and politicians in October and November in a ground-breaking project to debate Britain’s constitutional future. Issues such as local devolution, decentralisation and new ‘City Regions’ will be discussed, with a view to making proposals as to where Britain goes from here – and where power should […]
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