Move to three tiers of government. This would mean single tiers for: local, regional/state and national government levels. These tiers would be the House of Commons, Devolved Parliaments and County Councils. This would also involve a large-scale overhaul of government in the UK with the scrapping of: Police and Crime Commissioners, Metro Mayors, Ceremonial mayors, District Councillors, Parish Councils, Town councils, Community councils, Borough Councils, The House of Lords and City Councils.

Use Proportional Representation to elect the House of Commons. Mixed-Member Proportional Representation works by most seats being filled by representatives elected using First Past the Post and then topped up with members of a party list to ensure the system is proportional. This would be an open list allowing voters to either vote for the party they prefer just accepting how they have ranked the list or they can request a longer ballot to change the order of the list. If a party wins more seats under this system than they were originally allocated, then extra levelling seats are then added on.

This gives voters a simple way to cast their vote whilst keeping local representatives. It also means MPs are answerable to either the country as a whole or just to constituencies rather than trying to balance the two. Any difference in the amount of case work MPs receive can be resolved by ensuring constituency MPs are given a larger budget for their office.

A UK Federacy. This would consist of two levels of devolution, parliaments and assemblies. The powers of both would be written into a future constitution so the House of Commons couldn’t remove powers from them without their consent.

The first level of devolution would be nine new assemblies covering all of England apart from Cornwall. These assemblies would have power over regional transport links, social security spending, sport, the arts, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and health and social services in that area.

The second layer of devolution will be for the existing Scottish and Welsh parliaments, the Northern Irish assembly and a new Cornish parliament. All of these parliaments and assemblies will have the power to call their own independence referendums and would be highly autonomous with full powers over areas other than foreign affairs, immigration taxation, defence and the constitution.

To establish these assemblies and parliaments, referendums would be held as it would involve the House of Commons giving away powers. For each English assembly or parliament, it would involve a referendum to create the new assembly or parliament.

They would be elected every five years using Mixed-Member Proportional Representation. Each English region would have 100 members whilst the number of members for existing devolved parliaments and assemblies would remain the same. Each parliament and assembly would receive half of the revenue from a Land Value Tax along with arrangements for income tax similar to what the Scottish parliament currently has.

• England only.

A single layer of local government. We support the creation of unitary authorities for all areas of England, where all local government powers would be held by county councils. County councils would have the powers of: Parish, Borough, City, Town, Community, District councils and all of the local council powers held by the City of London Corporation. The mayor and cabinet model along with the leader and cabinet model will both be replaced with a single system for council governance. This will be with the committee system which involves committees with a similar makeup to the council as a whole making the decisions. With this change the pay for councillors should also be increased if their responsibilities also increase.

We also support county councils connecting more with community sector organisations so they can act at a level that is closer to the individual. Councils should be funded through one quarter of the revenue from the Land Value Tax and will be elected using the Single Transferable Vote system to offer representation for both the area as a whole along with individual wards.

If the Prime Minister resigns, then a new election must be held. The Prime Minister has the power to choose their own cabinet and has powers passed down from the monarch. The Prime Minister should therefore be accountable to the public. At the moment the Prime Minister can resign, and a new Prime Minister can take their place without an election. With the power the Prime Minister holds we feel that if they step down from their position there should be a new election called as a result to ensure they are more accountable to the public.

Abolish the need for the Speaker and Deputy Speakers to be elected as MP’s. The people living in those constituencies don’t get represented properly in Parliament by their MP. Instead of this, a member of the Supreme Court will be appointed to the position after each House of Commons election by any Members of the Supreme Court who decide not to stand for the position.

A system of recall for representatives. This means that if you think your local representative has done something wrong, you can start a petition to trigger a by-election. To be successful, the petition must be signed by at least 10% of the constituents who are registered to vote in that area for MP’s and 30% for county council members.

Lower the voting age to 16. We feel that 16-year olds should be able to vote in general elections. It is used in Scotland for some elections and was used successfully in the 2014 independence referendum.

Limit donations to political parties and candidates. We will limit the amount of money each individual can donate to a political party per election and restrict all donations to individuals. There will also be a ceiling on how much a candidate can take overall. It would be linked to inflation and we would only allow individuals to donate a maximum of £4,000 each to a political party per year. During election campaigns political parties would only be allowed to spend a maximum of eight million pounds each.

• England only.

The monarch should be allowed choose whether they are head of the Church of England. The monarch should have the choice of leading the Church of England otherwise the church will be able to pick their own leader.

A written constitution for the UK. This would write up the current unwritten constitution of the UK into a single document. It would set out exactly how the UK should be governed and would make it far easier to find out what the constraints on the executive and parliament are. The document would be written up by parliament and would be voted on in a UK wide referendum. To change the constitution, it would require a majority of 65% within the House of Commons.

Remove the political powers of the monarch but retain the monarchy. The monarch has the power to appoint the Prime Minister, Ministers, dissolve parliament, summon parliament, declare war and peace, to issue passports, they are head of the UK’s armed forces, they can create peers, appoint bishops and archbishops and they sign treaties. These should all be given to the Prime-Minister. The queen however owns large amounts of property that she would still own if she wasn’t queen and she is also a large generator of income for the UK through tourism. We would therefore still like the monarchy to continue although it would run on a model similar to Japans where they have no political power.

Automatic voter registration. Everyone who is eligible should be automatically registered to vote. This will both make it easier for people to vote without having to worry about registering first and will ensure electoral boundaries are representative of the voting population within them. This system would register people at the same time as they receive their National Insurance Number which would then be stored on a central government database.

A democracy watchdog. This would absorb the electoral commission and would oversee elections. The powers of this watchdog would include to monitor spending and to ensure the campaigns aren’t breaking electoral rules. It would be allowed to sanction campaigns or to refer matters to the police where there is evidence of criminal conduct.

• England only.

Establish citizens assemblies. Citizens assemblies would act as a way to engage local people directly in democracy and to allow anyone to propose new policy ideas. They would be open to everyone, would be set up across England and would debate issues at every level of government. The boundaries for these assemblies would be similar to those of Civil parishes in England. Members would also be able to contribute digitally to proceedings using video calls alongside in person sessions.

They would be able to comment on policies being made by any elected representative and would have the ability to propose new laws for the House of Commons. This would involve ranked votes where policies with high levels of agreement would be put forwards for a debate in Parliament. These can then be amended by MPs to improve the quality of the legislation and then the proposal will be voted on. There would be dedicated slots for these debates and votes to ensure they take place.

Citizens assemblies would allow people to continue being active in the political process even when there isn’t an election whilst also helping to shape policy. It would also widen the field where new laws can come from.