Many people no longer trust politicians or the political process - this is undermining faith in democracy itself. Establishing a Citizens’ Assembly as a second chamber to the Scottish Parliament would increase public trust in parliament. commonweal.scot/policies/a-cit…

🫅Starmer introduced his first King's Speech yesterday with these words: "The fight for trust is the battle that defines our political era." Luckily for him, along with colleagues at @theDemNet👇 we have designed 7 steps his Government can take right now to #CleanUpPolitics 🙌

Excited to publish Demos Citizens' White Paper today, with involve. It sets out why, when and how the govt should embed public participation in national policy making if it wants to win back trust and make policies that work for people. demos.co.uk/research/citiz… 🧵👇

🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨 The challenges facing the country are daunting. From broken public services to a chronic breakdown of trust, the period ahead will be marked by difficult decisions in a fiscally-constrained environment. Taking the public on this journey will not be easy. 1/

Our paper makes the case for putting citizens at the heart of an evolution in policymaking, bringing their insights, experience & collective judgement to bear on the challenges ahead. See a brilliant Martin Wolf write up in the Financial Times✍️ 3/ ft.com/content/40bab0…

For 858 years juries of ordinary citizens have been tasked with incredibly important and weighty decisions. Applying the same idea to politics is one of the most important ways to address the crisis of trust in our politics and politicians. Martin Wolf writes in the Financial Times:

How a permanent Citizens' Assembly in Paris passed a bill into law 🏛️ Read more about this historic moment of the world's first Citizen Bill in my interview with Elian Belon, the General Secretary of the Assembly in DemocracyNext's newsletter ➡️ demnext.substack.com/p/how-a-perman…

👀ICYMI last week we launched the Citizens' White Paper, setting out why, when and how the government could embed citizen involvement in policy making to tackle the complex challenges facing our country and deliver on the Prime Minister’s promise to restore trust in politics.

Abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a House of Citizens selected like jury service. Sign the petition today: 858.org.uk/house-of-citiz…

We deserve a better system that really puts ordinary citizens at the heart of our politics! #HouseOfCitizens Now! 858.org.uk/house-of-citiz…

Hackney’s first ever Citizens’ Climate Jury's included 15 local people, who developed recommendations on the ways that Hackney could prepare, adapt and respond to extreme heat in a way that is fair and works for everyone. 🧵👇

Ground-breaking news coming out of Paris, where for the first time ever a citizens' assembly's recommendations have been written as a bill that has gone directly to a vote by a city council and passed into law. Everywhere could benefit from permanent and powerful citizens'

Abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a House of Citizens selected like jury service. Sign the petition today: 858.org.uk/house-of-citiz…

Christos Wheeler Roger Gall I first learned of sortition many years ago after reading CLR James's book "Every Cook Can Govern." If you are in favor of sortition follow Sortition Foundation x.com/SortitionNow/s…

Really interesting looking event from INSA this Saturday. Featuring Camila Vergara Senior Lecturer at Essex Business School insa.site/nextevent/

🤯 WHAT? Politicians doing what they said they'd do? An excellent 1st step to upgrade our democracy. If we want politicians to always keep their promises we must demand a #HouseOfCitizens to replace the #HouseOfLords. Sign the petition: 858.org.uk/house-of-citiz… #858Project

Tickets are selling out for the #play 'Murder in the Citizens' Jury' in #Southampton funded by @BritishAcademy. We have a cut price extra show + Q&A on 4pm Sun 22nd which is being filmed. Attendees get a a £10 voucher for giving feedback. Southampton Events maskers.org.uk/productions/20…

If you want to see the UN become a truly open and democratic institution with a global citizens' assembly at its heart to help steer the future of humanity, sign this petition today: secure.avaaz.org/community_peti…

Ahead of the UN's #SummitoftheFuture sign this petition calling on world leaders to make the UN a truly democratic organisation—where decisions are made transparently, inclusively, & with the best possible participation & representation of all people secure.avaaz.org/community_peti…

🗣️ NEW on our blog: Rebekah McCabe/ Ríobcha Ní Cába | Involve NI, Jess Blair | ERS Cymru and Dr Claire Bynner | The University of Edinburgh explore how Labour can empower communities across the UK, ensuring governance is more responsive, effective, and equitable. Read it here 👇 involve.org.uk/news-opinion/o…