Standards Bodies: Who's who? (2)
In the second in our series of blogs looking at the various standards regulators, Shirley Pearce explains the role of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and the Electoral Commission.
Elections
Review of the UK government’s Draft Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement
Dr Alistair Clark is reader in politics at Newcastle University. In this guest blog, he looks at the potential impact of the government’s recently published illustrative Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement.
Reforming party funding arrangements
Lord Evans refelcts on recent commentary on the funding of political parties and the Committee's 2011 report.
An opportunity to reform election finance
Dame Shirley Pearce, independent member of the Committee, discusses the recommendations in CSPL's new report on encouraging compliance with election finance rules.