The government's decision to abolish the Political and Constitutional Reform Commitee is a major blow, depriving British democracy of a major support for informed discussion of options for constitutional change.
Unitary state, devolution, federalism or confederation? Andrew Blick discusses four options for configuring the UK.
What influence does Magna Carta, signed 800 years ago at Runnymede by King John, continue to have over UK democracy and governance? A lot.
The Cabinet Manual is as close to a written constitution as Britain has. But there are dangers that it has been written as a guide to how ministers think we should be governed, not an account of how the constitution works in practice. And will it be followed at all?
The Cabinet Manual - as close as the UK has ever come to a written constitution - is near completion. But the British people are largely unaware of this guide to the operation of their government, despite its many flaws that urgently need addressing
The European Union may very well be stumbling into recession with Germany and the UK to the fore as they savage public spending. But there are also long-term political problems that the EU’s political classes choose to ignore.
While some are proclaiming the death of Thatcherism, in some senses the Coalition government is following the pattern of the Thatcher governments; and not only in the field of fiscal
If there is no overall winner in today's Westminster elections, the various approaches to the UK constitution taken by the three main parties could be of considerable importance
As all eyes are turned to the general election in Britain an extraordinary, private process is underway to codify the UK's unwritten constitution
Aside from the impact the leaders' debates may have upon the outcome of the General Election, some observers will take them as further evidence of a supposed newly-emerging tendency
A constitution for the UK may be emerging, typically in the form of an official manual. But what if “We the people” were to begin from the popular end of the debate? Andrew Blick reviews a brave book that seeks to initiate that debate.
One of the most significant but largely unnoticed changes to the way we are governed in recent years has been the establishment inside the Cabinet Office of a semi-official 'Department of the Prime Minister' which, at its peak under Tony Blair, employed more than 700 staff.
