News and communications

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• Updated: 24 November 2023

A film about working as a Parliamentary Counsel.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

Oral statement by Scottish Secretary Alister Jack to the House of Commons today in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

• Updated: 17 January 2023

Keynote speech from Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, at the Institute for Government annual conference

• Updated: 17 January 2023

Somaliland international partners visited Hargeisa to discuss the next steps and timelines for Somaliland’s elections.

• Updated: 31 January 2022

Ambassador Kate Foster met with President Said Abdullahi Deni, where they discussed progress towards the One Person One Vote election.

• Updated: 28 September 2021

New laws announced in the Queen’s Speech will strengthen the integrity of UK elections and protect our democracy from fraud and intimidation

• Updated: 14 May 2021

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove, has written to Michael Russell MSP

• Updated: 20 November 2020

International partners signed a joint statement welcoming the dialogue between the Jubaland administration and the leadership of the Jubaland Council for Change.

• Updated: 4 May 2020

Local, mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May 2020 are postponed.

• Updated: 13 March 2020

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington has written to the Electoral Commission, the Wales Electoral Coordination Board and the Scottish Elections Management Board.

• Updated: 8 April 2019

A speech by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon David Mundell MP, marking the 20th anniversary of the Scotland Act 1998.

• Updated: 21 February 2019

The Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, brings the final uncommenced section of the Scotland Act 2016 into force

• Updated: 8 February 2019

The Houses of Parliament have passed government proposals for changes to anonymous voter registration.

• Updated: 7 March 2018

The government will consult on plans to remove personal information from ballot paper and new electoral law offence.

• Updated: 6 February 2018

Chris Skidmore, Minister for the Constitution, hosted the inaugural Electoral Summit yesterday, 11 December 2017.

• Updated: 12 December 2017

Writing in The Times, Skidmore explained there will be a cross-party inquiry into intimidation and abuse of general election candidates.

• Updated: 13 July 2017

This independent report makes recommendations about how the government can prevent electoral fraud in the UK.

• Updated: 27 December 2016

The government will trial ID in polling stations to stop electoral fraud, with voters being asked for identification before they can vote.

• Updated: 27 December 2016

Today Chris Skidmore visited the University of Sheffield to see firsthand how an innovative project to encourage students to register to vote is having a direct impact.

• Updated: 1 December 2016