A report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group, covering 1 January to 30 June, 2025 The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group (UKCMG) comprises experts and practitioners covering a range of areas of the UK constitution. Its … [Read more...] about The Constitution in Review, Volume 2 – Issue 2
A Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group, covering 5 July to 31 December, 2024 The preceding six issues of the Constitution in Review published by the UKCMG covered the period from the commencement of the 2019 Parliament to … [Read more...] about The Constitution in Review, Volume 2 – Issue 1
Constitutions are about political power. Where it is; who gets it; and what can – and should – be done with it. Constitutions deal with people who hold public office, and the relationship between those offices, and with the rest of us. They tell … [Read more...] about Your Constitution
The United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group (UKCMG), established in 2020, is made up of members with practical experience and academic knowledge of the UK constitution. Its formation was driven in part by concern about declining adherence to … [Read more...] about Constitutional Performance: An End of Parliament Review
Second Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group The second report from the UK Constitution Monitoring Group (UKCMG) covers the six-month period from 1 July to 31 December 2021. It analyses legislation, decisions and events … [Read more...] about The Constitution in Review 2
First Report from the United Kingdom Constitution Monitoring Group The first report from the UK Constitution Monitoring Group (UKCMG) covers the six-month period from 1 January to 30 June 2021. It analyses legislation, decisions and events during … [Read more...] about The Constitution in Review
The constitution after coronavirus Dr. Andrew Blick King's College London; Senior Adviser, The Constitution Society The coronavirus emergency is profound in its constitutional implications. They involve both the immediate response and the … [Read more...] about The Constitution After Coronavirus – discussion paper by Andrew Blick
2016/17 has been a turbulent year politically. We saw a vote to leave the European Union (EU), a change of Prime Minister, a Supreme Court judgment imposing limits on the powers of the executive, the triggering of Article 50 and the call of a snap … [Read more...] about Brexit & the UK Constitution – 2016/17 year in review
Today the Constitution Unit UCL, with the support of the Constitution Society, is publishing the second edition of ‘The Constitutional Standards of the House of Lords Constitution Committee’. The report, by Robert Hazell, Dawn Oliver and myself, … [Read more...] about Constitutional Standards, Constitutional Change and EVEL
In recent times developments in the UK system have suggested a more widespread attraction to the idea that some constitutional rules should have a protected position, and should not be as easy to alter as more regular laws and arrangements. Current … [Read more...] about Entrenchment and the United Kingdom constitution
Much of the media commentary on the Scottish referendum and its aftermath has focussed on the apparent poor judgement of the Westminster elite - and the prime minister in particular – in the negotiation of the Edinburgh Agreement and the subsequent … [Read more...] about How not to change the constitution
