A year ago the British Museum only reported on theft from its collection. Why has it taken so long for news of thousands of missing, stolen or damaged artefacts to emerge?
Even the key showdown over the Illegal Migration Bill in the chamber had just 6,000 views
A big problem facing UK politics is that both main political parties see the status quo as in their narrow self-interest, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Boris Johnson’s controversial appointments to the upper chamber show change is required – but Labour may not be on the right track
Byline Times analyses the attendance rate of 12 Peers who have donated more than £1 million to the party that appointed them
YouGov polling suggests strong potential support across the board for a very different chamber to replace the House of Lords
It is almost as though Queen Elizabeth’s death has brought down the old scaffolding, writes Jonathan Lis
Baroness Jenny Jones explores how reform of the monarchy could work better for our democracy
King Charles’ Coronation is a missed opportunity to move monarchy into the modern era, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Campaigners warn of vote-splitting as new analysis finds that the ‘progressive’ vote will be more split than the right in 69% of England’s council wards on 4 May
The Labour Leader is being urged to keep his promises on reforming democracy, Josiah Mortimer reports
Labour’s announcement that it would abolish the UK’s unelected second chamber is a headline-grabbing idea with little thought of the problems involved, writes AC Grayling
David Hencke reports on the Commons Committee which proposes wholesale reform of the ‘toothless’ regulators supposed to safeguard propriety in public office
The genesis of the current chaos lies in the main political parties deciding to allow their members to choose their leaders, writes David Keys
Frances Crook, co-convener of the Commission on Political Power, sets out why incremental shifts in the role of monarchy and an over-powerful executive could strengthen democracy in the unlikely event of wholesale reform
The Queen’s 70 years on the throne have seen Britain undergo extraordinary change – how will the monarchy’s constitutional and societal role continue to evolve in the years ahead?
New polling by Omnisis for Byline Times shows a significant body of support outside England for an elected head of state
Professor Chris Painter looks at the Government’s unprecedented and unilaterist policy-making and the dire implications for the quality of UK governance
Why do those in positions of power now evade accountability despite numerous examples of incompetence, dangerous liaisons, lies, and even corruption at the heart of Boris Johnson’s Government? Because the British political system allows them to, says Gavin Esler
Historian Robert Saunders considers the constitutional consequences of a new bill which transfers the power to dissolve Parliament to the Crown and removes checks on the Prime Minister