THE elections watchdog warned today that plans to reduce its independence could allow ministers to shape how electoral law applies to their own party and their political opponents.
In a strongly worded letter, the Electoral Commission reiterated calls for the Tory proposals to be abandoned.
Its commissioners wrote to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to stress that the provision in the Elections Bill would allow governments to influence the watchdog’s “operational functions and decision-making.”
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
ANSELM ELDERGILL is a member of Your Party and he suggests how the new party should reform Britain’s constitution
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES


