Paul Wheeler Articles

Demanding photo ID at polling stations discriminates against the poor and the young, argues Paul Wheeler While the nation gently snoozed off its post-Christmas excess the government thought that Boxing Day was the best time to announce major changes to the voting...

This time last year we saw the most fundamental change in the process of electoral registration with the move from household registration. This moved registration from where a head of household was responsible for registering all those eligible to vote at that...

In this hi-tech electoral age most political pundits have ignored the process of voter registration. Yet those who understand and care about electoral democracy have been warning for some that time that the introduction of IER has been rushed and ill-considered (and...

Let’s be clear: Rotherham may be the worst case of child abuse in council care but if we do not change the way we conduct local government and politics it won’t be the last. First, let’s admit that our current method of scrutinising public services locally, and...