Greens say Labour should focus more on building council homes and that new housing plan is flawed – as it happened
Rayner says housing target system will raise number of homes planned to 370,000 and confirmed targets will be mandatory
Online security lapses led to data of 40m UK voters being hacked, says ICO
Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up to date with security updates before hack in August 2021
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Oliver Dowden reportedly reveals preferred choice for next Tory leader – UK general election as it happened
Deputy PM says Victoria Atkins is ‘star’ and is one of only people he could see leading Tory party
June 2024
Labour to bring in automatic voter registration under plans to boost franchise
Lib Dems vow to abolish use of voter ID at polling stations
May 2024
After this week’s squalid experiment, see voter ID for what it is: a Tory scam to steal elections
Andy Beckett
This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
March 2024
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Is China a major threat to British democracy? – Politics Weekly UK
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Tuesday briefing: Why the US and UK are going public with warnings about Chinese hacking
Tory MPs urge tougher action on China after cyber-attacks
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Chinese ‘state-affiliated’ organisations behind cyber-attacks on MPs and Electoral Commission, Dowden says – as it happened
February 2024
First photo ID, now votes for expats: the Tories are showing us exactly what election rigging looks like
Polly Toynbee
The government is deterring young and poor people from voting – but no amount of gerrymandering will save its bacon, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
December 2023
Conservatives raised three times as much as Labour in the most recent quarter
Tory election fund boosted by £10m from John Sainsbury’s will as party benefits from No 10’s decision to raise spending limits
September 2023
The Tories have warped an already crooked electoral system, pushing millions of voters off the roll
Polly Toynbee
More forms of ID may be allowed for UK voters after damning report
The Guardian view on voter ID and turnout: critics were right about this cynical manoeuvre
Hundreds of thousands face exclusion over voter ID laws, UK watchdog says
Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds
Electoral Commission failed cybersecurity test in same year as hack
August 2023
PSNI and UK voter breaches show data security should be taken more seriously
The Guardian view on the Electoral Commission hack: democracy needs stronger safeguards
