A report by a committee of MPs said that despite reforms in recent years to the funding of political parties, public concern about the integrity of existing arrangements remained. All the main political parties had asserted the importance of resolving the issues around political party finance: but there was a notable lack of progress towards reaching such a resolution.

Source: Political Party Finance, Thirteenth Report (Session 2010-12), HC 1763, House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee, TSO

Links: Report | BBC report

Date: 2012-Jan

An article examined the extent to which political parties had sought to reform how they engaged with young people or reassert traditional modes of citizenship and political participation.

Source: Andrew Mycock and Jonathan Tonge, 'The party politics of youth citizenship and democratic engagement', Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 65 Issue 1

Links: Abstract

Date: 2012-Jan