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Monitor is our regular constitutional review, published three times a year. It contains analysis of constitutional developments in the UK and around the world, as well as news from the Constitution Unit.
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 | Starmer's challenges and early steps towards constitutional renewal听(Monitor 87, July 2024)Included in this issue: the establishment of a House of Commons Modernisation Committee; the government鈥檚 plans for House of Lords reform;听a听record-breaking general election; electoral reforms on the horizon, including votes at 16; local elections in England and Wales, including the impact of the new voting system for mayors and PCCs; electoral reforms, and new First Ministers, in Wales and Scotland; Labour鈥檚 plans for devolution in England and much more. |
 | Pre-election politics and the constitution (Monitor 86, March 2024)Included in this issue: the constitutional ramifications of the Rwanda plan; parliament鈥檚 role in the UK鈥檚 air strikes in Yemen; Lindsay Hoyle in hot water;听David Cameron becomes Lord Cameron; implementing the controversial Elections Act 2022; more recall petitions; the return of Simon Case and start of access talks; the King鈥檚 cancer diagnosis; the Jo Cox Civility Commission; developments in English devolution;听devolution returns to Northern Ireland; judicial reform in Israel and much more. |
 | Positioning for the next general election (Monitor 85, November 2023)Included in this issue: controversies over the government鈥檚 attitude to parliamentary scrutiny; recent decisions over the alleged misconduct of parliamentarians; demands for reform of House of Lords appointments; the Electoral Commission鈥檚 report on the impact of voter ID; the government鈥檚 response to multiple reports on ethical standards; progress and tensions in English devolution policy; the Senedd reform agenda; public opinion on cultural changes versus constitutional reforms and much more. |
 | Sunak's standards slipping (Monitor 84, July 2023)Included in this issue: the Privileges Committee report on Boris Johnson;听ongoing concerns about parliamentary scrutiny; controversial Lords appointments; local elections, voter ID, & challenges facing election administrators; the ACOBA report on Sue Gray; developments in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland; protests in Israel sparked by proposed judicial reforms; a new Unit report on proposed constitutional reforms and much more. |
 | Sunak's constitutional dilemmas (Monitor 83, March 2023)Included in this issue: the听appointment of听a new Independent Adviser on Ministers鈥� Interests, the deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Retained EU Law Bill, voter ID requirements, standards in government, planning the coronation, the Bill of Rights Bill, the appointment of Sue Gray as Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff, the Commission on the UK's Future, constitutional reform in Chile and much more. |
 | Achieving a听new normal for the constitution?听(Monitor 82, November 2022)Included in this issue: Liz Truss's premiership; Rishi Sunak becomes听Prime Minister; the death of Elizabeth II and accession of Charles III;听House of Lords appointments; Electoral Commission updates; Labour and the constitution; and much more. |
 | Johnson falls; what鈥檚 next for the constitution?听(Monitor 81, August 2022)Included in this issue: the fall of Boris Johnson;听the passage of the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act, Elections Act听and Judicial Review and Courts Act;听the introduction of the Online Safety Bill,听Northern Ireland Protocol Bill听and Bill of Rights Bill;听the Brexit Freedoms Bill;听changes to the Ministerial Code;听Northern Ireland Assembly elections;听steps towards a Scottish independence referendum;听agreement on expanding the Senedd听and much more. |
 | Defending democracy (Monitor 80, March 2022)Included in this issue: Boris Johnson's relationship with his backbenchers;听parliamentary scrutiny in light of criticism from House of Lords committees;听parliamentary standards following the Owen Paterson scandal and IEP report into John Bercow;听House of Lords defeats on amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill; controversial constitutional legislation and much more. |
 | Is this what democratic backsliding feels like? (PDF Monitor 79, November 2021)Included in this issue: continuing concerns about parliamentary scrutiny;听the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill; the end of English Votes for English Laws; MPs' conduct; the Elections Bill; the Committee on Standards in Public Life reports on regulating election finance and upholding standards in public life;听executive-judiciary relations and much more. |
 | Constitutional uncertainty on multiple fronts (PDF Monitor 78, July 2021)Included in this issue: parliamentary scrutiny of lockdown announcements and the Withdrawal Agreement; the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill; the 18-month review of the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme;听electoral reform proposals;听standards in public life following scandals involving both Boris Johnson and David Cameron and much more.听 |
 | Change, continuity, and an uncertain future for the Union (PDF Monitor 77, March 2021)Included in this issue: the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement; parliamentary scrutiny and the backbench Covid Recovery Group;听the hybrid House of Commons; House of Lords appointments; the regulation of online harms; the departure of Dominic Cummings from Number 10;听minister-civil service relations, the US election and much more. |
 | Democratic lockdown? (PDF Monitor 76, November 2020)Included in this issue: the countdown to a听UK-EU trade deal; the controversial听UK Internal Market Bill; patience wearing thin for parliamentary scrutiny of the government's COVID-19 response; controversial appointments to the House of Lords; Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 reports;听the 'Russia report'; an exodus of senior civil servants;听city regions and COVID-19 and more. |
 | The constitution under COVID-19 (PDF Monitor 75, July 2020)Included in this issue: virtual, hybrid and physical parliament;听the government's response to the pandemic and scrutiny thereof;听maternity cover for MPs;听postponement of the May 2020 elections;听election reform;听Dominic Raab deputises for Boris Johnson; civil service reform; the FCO-DfID听merger; the court system struggles to adapt to COVID-19; the pandemic's impact on devolution and much more. |
 | Normality, or Revolution? (PDF Monitor 74, March 2020)Included in this issue: the 2019 general election and what followed;听the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;听Future Relationship negotiations;听Boris Johnson's constitutional reform agenda in respect of parliament,听electoral reform and the judiciary; the February reshuffle;听civil service tensions; Labour and Liberal Democrat leadership contests and much more. |
| 听 | 听On the Brink (November 2019) |
| 听 | Brexit and the changing logic of British Politics (June 2019) |
| 听 | Brexit: the constitution under strain (March 2019) |
| 听 | 听Brexit: The uncertain road ahead (November 2018) |
| 听 | 听Rethinking referendums (July 2018) |
| 听 | A constitution in flux (March 2018) |
| 听 | Brexit blues (November 2017) |
| 听 | 听The most unexpected election (June 2017) |
| 听 | 听Testing constitutional times (February 2017) |
| 听 | Brexit and the transformation of British politics (October 2016) |
| 听 | 听The EU Referendum: A fair process? (June 2016) |
| 听 | 听The Lords: Crisis?听What crisis? (February 2016) |
| 听 | 听The new government鈥檚 constitutional reform programme (October 2015) |
| 听 | 听The Conservatives鈥� constitutional reform programme (June 2015) |
| 听 | Preparing for another hung parliament (February 2015) |
| 听 | 听Scotland, England and the Union (October 2014) |
| 听 | Scottish Independence: the Countdown (June 2014) |
| 听 | Code of Constitutional Standards (February 2014) |
| 听 | 听Major New International Venture The Launch of Constitute: The World鈥檚 Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare (November 2013) |
| 听 | 听The Coalition at Three (June 2013) |
| 听 | 听Commission on a Bill of Rights Reports (February 2013) |
| 听 | 听Lords Reform: Dead, or Just Resting? (October 2012) |
| 听 | Scottish Independence: The Battle Lines are Drawn (June 2012) |
| 听 | Will the Queen's Diamond Jubilee change the Rules of Succession? (January 2012) |
| 听 | Clegg Delivers for the Conservatives (October 2011) |
| 听 | 听A Tale of Two Referendums (June 2011) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional reforms hit trouble in Parliament (January 2011) |
| 听 | 听Government haste puts flagship bills at risk (October 2010) |
| 听 | 听Post Election Edition (June 2010) |
| 听 | Constitutional Issues in the Election (January 2010) |
| 听 | 听Labour's Last Fling on Constitutional Reform (September 2009) |
| 听 | 听CSPL Inquiry into MPs' Expenses (May 2009) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional Reform Put On Hold (January 2009) |
| 听 | 听Governance of Britain One Year On (September 2008) |
| 听 | 听The 'Constitutional Renewal' Agenda Moves Forward (May 2008) |
| 听 | 听Scotland: Toward a New Settlement? (January 2008) |
| 听 | 听Gordon Brown and the Constitution (September 2007) |
| 听 | 听Lords Reform: Progress at Last? (May 2007) |
| 听 | 听The Union under Strain (January 2007) |
| 听 | 听Human Rights Sabre Rattling (September 2006) |
| 听 | 听Party Donors, Peerages and the Constitution (May 2006)听 |
| 听 | 听Parliament Bites Back (January 2006) |
| 听 | 听Welsh Devolution: The next steps (September 2005) |
| 听 | 听FOI goes Live in 2005 (April 2005) |
| 听 | 听Elected regions hit the buffers (January 2005) |
| 听 | 听Voters want choice in voting methods (September 2004) |
| 听 | 听After Thirty Years, the UK again faces a Referendum (June 2004) |
| 听 | 听Voting Systems all up for Review (March 2004) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional Battles Ahead (December 2003) |
| 听 | 听The Reshuffle in Perspective (September 2003) |
| 听 | 听Rainbow Parliament in Scotland (June 2003) |
| 听 | 听Lords Reform Ends in Shambles (March 2003) |
| 听 | 听The Meaning of Modernisation (December 2002) |
| 听 | 听PR Commission (August 2002) |
| 听 | 听Regional Rejig (June 2002) |
| 听 | 听Parliament Awakening? (March 2002) |
| 听 | 听Lords Reform Stage Two: Wakeham or What? (December 2001) |
| 听 | 听Whitehall's Constitutional Duo (September 2001) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional Shake Up in Whitehall Do Britain's Political Parties Understand Devolution? (June 2001) |
| 听 | 听Labour's Second Term Agenda (March 2001) |
| 听 | 听The State and the Nations (December 2000) |
| 听 | 听Rights Unleashed? (September 2000) |
| 听 | 听Legislative Logjam (June 2000) |
| 听 | 听Devolution Hots Up (March 2000) |
| 听 | 听Reforming the House of Lords and Lessons from Overseas (December 1999) |
| 听 | 听Unit Wins 拢1m Grant for Devolution Programme (September 1999) |
| 听 | 听Devolution Dawns (June 1999) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional Futures (March 1999) |
| 听 | 听Constitutional Futures (December 1998) |
| 听 | 听Year Two: Home Office takes the lead (September 1998) |
| 听 | 听Constitution Unit expands again (May 1998) |
| 听 | 听Lords Reform 1,2,3... (March 1998) |
| 听 | Constitution Unit moves to School of Public Policy in 麻豆传媒视频网站 (September 1997) |
