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The Constitution Unit — 103 episodes
The future of BBC governance
How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics?
Can the House of Commons handle multi-party politics?
Demystifying the UK honours system
The Future of the ECHR – In Europe and UK
Do the government's electoral reforms go far enough?
How should the UK's parliaments scrutinise international agreements?
England’s ‘devolution revolution’: prospects and challenges
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - Reflections on Labour’s constitutional agenda
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - Reforming the House of Commons
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - The rule of law
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - The electoral system in a multiparty era
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - Standards in public life
Labour’s Constitutional Agenda in Office: Constitution Unit Conference 2025 - Opening keynote from Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
AI and democracy
Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion
Are the UK’s party funding regulations fit for purpose?
Constitutional Reform in the UK
Improving parliamentary scrutiny of legislation
The Politics of Parliamentary Reform
Making a success of votes at 16
Improving election discourse in the UK
How to be an effective opposition
How to be an effective select committee chair
Prospects for the House of Commons Modernisation Committee
Constitution Unit Conference 2024: House of Lords reform
Constitution Unit Conference 2024: Rule of law
Constitution Unit Conference 2024: Devolution within England
Constitution Unit Conference 2024: Standards in government and parliament
Opinion Polls
Priorities for new MPs' induction in the next parliament
Changes and challenges in regulating elections
Should military action require parliamentary approval?
Do protests affect what politicians say?
UK Governance Project: proposals for reform
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: UK-Wide Implications
How Parliaments Question Prime Ministers
The Future of Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland
The Future of Democracy in the UK: Public Attitudes and Policy Options
Mark D’Arcy - Reflections on over 20 years of reporting on parliament
Ian Dunt’s How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t
Conference 2023: Panel 4 Elections and Electoral Reform
Conference 2023: Panel 6 Implementing Constitutional Change
Conference 2023: Panel 5 Constitutional Standards
Conference 2023 Panel 3: Courts and the rule of law
Conference 2023 Panel 2: Devolution and the Union
Conference 2023 Panel 1: Parliament
Combatting democratic backsliding: what works?
How can we fix our democracy?
Ministers also have rights - balancing executive prerogatives and executive scrutiny
The Parliamentary Battle over Brexit
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement at 25: What Should London’s Priorities Be?
The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit and the Constitution
Integrity and Accountability in Politics: What Do the Public Want?
The Brown Commission: What Next?
A Primer on Reform of the House of Lords
Reform of the Prerogative
How should politicians’ behaviour be regulated?
What does the new Prime Minister mean for the constitution?
Parliament’s Role in Brexit
Planning for the next Coronation, and the new Reign
Caretaker Conventions in British Government
The ‘Brexit Freedoms’ Bill and Retained EU Law
Keynote Speech by Rory Stewart - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Parliament: the decline of scrutiny? - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
The Role of the Courts - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
The Future of the Union and Devolution - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Northern Ireland: how can power-sharing be revived? - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
Constitutional Standards - The State of the Constitution: Constitution Unit Conference 2022
The 1997 Labour government's constitutional reform programme: 25 years on
Politics in Northern Ireland
Citizens’ Assembly on Democracy in the UK
What role should party members have in leadership elections?
What Kind of Democracy Do People Want?
What can be done about the House of Lords?
Riding the Populist Wave: the UK Conservatives and the Constitution
Improving standards of conduct in public life
Reforming elections: assessing the government’s proposals
The Gun, the Ship & the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
Devolution and the future of the Union
Judicial review, human rights and judiciary
Elections and referendums - updating campaign regulation for a digital era
Re-balancing between parliament, executive and the courts
Review of Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland discusses the government's constitutional reform agenda
Launch event: Final Report by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland
Deciding Northern Ireland’s Future
Does the UK Still Have a Political Constitution?
Ministerial Standards
Regulating public appointments
Ideas of Democracy
Can Johnson prevent indyref2?
The Prerogative Powers of Governments
Attitudes to Democracy in the UK Today
Boris Johnson and Parliament
Taking Back Control: Why the House of Commons Should Govern its own Time
Devolution and the Union
Launch event: Interim Report by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland
Populism and the Rise of Autocracy
Constitutional Reform, Then and Now
Monarchy in Modern Democracy
Checks and Balances in Democracy
The Johnson government's constitutional reform agenda: prospects and challenges