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ON THE BLOG: Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny? Ahead of a related Constitution Unit event next week, Meg Russell summarises her recent article in Public Law which crunches the numbers on parliamentary scrutiny over time. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/17/sho…

Our founder and former Director, Robert Hazell, is in @thetimes today addressing the US Vice President's speech last week. He calls the critique of democracy and speech 'breathtaking in its hypocrisy'. Read his letter 👉 thetimes.com/comment/letter….

Great piece by Meg Russell on the decline of scrutiny- I think the one thing that's missing is the opacity of a lot of government to Parliament but I think the article as a whole is fantastic and i'm off to find the public law article its based on!

@H80Midgley It is great that you enjoyed it! You can download the full @PL_PublicLaw article from our website 👇 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…

Join Meg Russell, David Natzler and @DanielGover to discuss the problems, and potential solutions, with the legislative process. This event will include a Q&A and you can submit a question by replying to this post. Sign up for this free, online event 👉 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u….

ON THE BLOG: Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny? Ahead of a related Constitution Unit event next week, Meg Russell summarises her recent article in Public Law which crunches the numbers on parliamentary scrutiny over time. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/17/sho…

NEW BLOG: Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny? Ahead of a related Constitution Unit event next week, Meg Russell summarises her recent article in Public Law which crunches the numbers on parliamentary scrutiny over time. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/17/sho…

ON THE BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

ON THE BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

BLOGPOST: How and when should someone give up public office? @_peterriddell argues that although it is rightly difficult to remove some public servants, it is also incumbent on them to know in what circumstances they should resign. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/06/res…

Ben Yong: What—and Who—is Parliament? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/13/ben…

ON THE BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

ON THE BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

BLOGPOST: How and when should someone give up public office? @_peterriddell argues that although it is rightly difficult to remove some public servants, it is also incumbent on them to know in what circumstances they should resign. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/06/res…

Join Meg Russell, David Natzler and @DanielGover to discuss the problems, and potential solutions, with the legislative process. This event will include a Q&A and you can submit a question by replying to this post. Sign up for this free, online event 👉 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u….

BLOGPOST: How and when should someone give up public office? @_peterriddell argues that although it is rightly difficult to remove some public servants, it is also incumbent on them to know in what circumstances they should resign. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/06/res…

ON THE BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

NEW BLOG: Local citizens‘ assemblies: why do councils set them up and what can they do? Patricia Preller and @alanjrenwick discuss what we know about the over 40 local citizens' assemblies convened in the UK since 2019. constitution-unit.com/2025/02/11/loc…

What problems are there with the legislative process? Have they got worse? And what can be done to fix them? Join Meg Russell, David Natzler and @DanielGover to discuss just this on 24 February. Sign up for this free, online event 👉 ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u….