Time to fight back

Democracy is under attack from the authoritarians. Now more than ever, we need to fight back to protect democracy in the UK.

We’ve smashed our Crowdfunder target in record time - big THANK YOU to everyone who has donated!

This massive response tells us one thing: We can and will go further as we start the fight back against the authoritarian threat.

We need to throw the kitchen sink at it - and we need your help to do it.

We’ve set ourselves an ambitious stretch target of £50,000. Will you help us get there?

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Our political system is in need of change more than ever before.

We want to build a vibrant, inclusive democracy that puts power in the hands of the people. You can help us win change by joining us today.

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Change the voting system

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The evidence keeps stacking up that our voting system is completely broken.

Polls show that a party could win a parliamentary majority on less than 30% of the vote.

We’re backing calls for a National Commission on Electoral Reform to look at new voting system for General Elections.

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Democracy Progress Report

Shortly after the election, the Prime Minister said, “the fight for trust is the battle that defines our political era”.

With trust still at an all-time low, it’s clear that decisive action to fix our politics and democracy is needed more than ever.

We’ve built a live, interactive tool to track the government’s progress on its pre-election pledges on democracy.