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The elections bill will deter non-Tory supporters from voting and scrap any oversight. Reform is needed more than ever before, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Bristolians will be heading to the polls today

Many people across the UK will have their chance to vote in the imminent May elections. But only days before, new laws have been rushed through parliament, with amendments and approval (Royal Assent) occuring within the space of less than 24 hours. This means that in future, elections will be…

THE Conservative party have been accused of making an “authoritarian power grab” of the Electoral Commission, after the government passed a new…

Ministers will now be able to direct the election watchdog’s priorities and control the committee that scrutinises it

Lords votes against plan to give ministers powers to set Electoral Commission’s priorities

Boris Johnson’s government faces new defeat over what critics say is democratic meddling

Lord Evans, who chairs the Committee on Standards in Public Life has warned Michael Gove plans to allow the No10 to set the "strategic direction" of the Electoral Commission could put our democratic system at risk

Elections for Wales' 22 councils and community councils takes place on May 5