Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform
Burnham said the commission will hear from parties and the public as Labour prepares a manifesto pledge to overhaul the voting system.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his first keynote address as Labour leader at the party's Annual Conference in Liverpool today at 2pm, marking a defining moment for his premiership.
- Rejecting 'politics-as-usual,' the Prime Minister argues this approach has taken Britain backwards and promises 'a more serious prospectus for Britain than people have been offered in a generation.'
- A publicly owned 'Great British Grid' under the Great British Energy umbrella will serve as a cornerstone, aiming to align UK energy costs with European nations within 10 years.
- According to reports, a 'grand bargain' would trade the triple lock for an £18bn commitment to free social care, though deputy leader Lucy Powell declined to confirm the policy's manifesto inclusion.
- The Labour Annual Conference concludes today in Liverpool following addresses from Ed Miliband and John Healey, while the Green and Conservative conferences remain scheduled.
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Was Burnham’s conference speech a radical change or ‘electoral suicide’?
We spoke to Christabel Cooper, who works on public opinion and political strategy at Think Labour, which used to be called Labour Together, and Zoe Billingham the director of the IPPR North think tank.
Britanski premier Andy Burnham izjavio je u utorak da će Laburistička stranka na iduće izbore izaći s izbornim programom koji obećava promjenu izbornoga sustava, nakon što je objavio osnivanje nacionalnog povjerenstva za provedbu reforme. Burnham već dugo zagovara […] Objava Burnham želi ukinuti većinski izborni sustav u Britaniji: “Unosi razdor u zemlji” pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
If he wants to secure legitimacy for electoral reform, Andy Burnham must stick to these rules
Andy Burnham has announced a national commission on electoral reform, and made a commitment to put changing the voting system in Labour’s next general election manifesto. The implication seems to be that he wants to enact reform without a referendum. That aspiration is understandable. The UK last held a referendum on the voting system in 2011, when the coalition government put the Alternative Vote (AV) system on the ballot paper. As research has…
Andy Burnham wants to change the way Britons elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. Currently, the "first-past-the-post" system is in place. In each constituency, the candidate with the most votes wins. This means a party can win a large majority of seats in Parliament, even if it receives significantly less than half of the total votes nationwide. READ ALSO: Prime Minister wants to cut taxes on pubs and bars. "This is just the beg…
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