News and communications

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• Updated: 24 November 2023

Jenny Munday provides an update on how OPC are continuing to develop their approach to D&I

• Updated: 20 November 2023

Parliamentary carry-over of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill confirmed in yearly speech.

• Updated: 8 November 2023

At OPC, we often collaborate with other legal drafters from all over the globe. Here we discuss working with colleagues from the U.K and commonwealth countries.

• Updated: 20 October 2023

A film about working as a Parliamentary Counsel.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel teach the legislative process to civil servants using "Legislate?!" the board game.

• Updated: 24 July 2023

New laws to help stop the boats, grow the economy, support families and deliver on the priorities that matter most to the country received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023.

• Updated: 20 July 2023

Landmark legislation will ensure universities protect and promote freedom of speech on campus, fulfilling a manifesto promise to bolster academic freedom.

• Updated: 1 June 2023

The British Embassy in Tirana is seeking to work with international and local NGOs in a new project to strengthen the work of the Albanian parliament.

• Updated: 22 December 2022

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 legislation to strengthen the integrity of UK elections and protect our democracy will be introduced in Parliament today.

• Updated: 5 July 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

Individual activists will be able to campaign outdoors in a COVID-secure way from 8 March, ahead of the English local elections in May.

• Updated: 26 February 2021

Individuals who need to self-isolate because of coronavirus will still be able to vote in the local elections through new emergency proxy voting measures.

• Updated: 23 February 2021

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

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

• Updated: 8 February 2019