Trust in Britain’s system of government is at a record low. This report sets out to better understand the current state of political trust to diagnose what is going wrong, and to develop a playbook to rebuild political trust. It identifies key drivers of low trust from which it builds a series of strategies and...

The authors of this article find that politicians whose theoretical outlook is that voters have a long-term orientation are significantly more willing to opt for long-term policy solutions that impose short-term costs. They also fail to find a meaningful effect of election proximity on the preferences of politicians for short-term versus long-term policies.

How politicians talk about and news media report on Australia’s democracy affects how people think about, feel towards, and engage with democracy in their day-to-day lives. This report presents the findings of a quantitative analysis of discourses around democracy in parliamentary speeches and news media articles in Australia.

This report looks at how power and influence are distributed unequally across British society. It argues that the next wave of democratic reform should be guided by the principle of political equality.

This strategic plan aims to build and strengthen governance and leadership skills among current and future Victorian local government councillors.