Citizens assembly
Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
Despair and division remain in the UK in 2026 but Green Hustle Festival in Nottingham celebrated community, creativity and climate action and showed the hope political leaders and institutions must build on, writes Adam Pickering
People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way
People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way
We tend to think that democracy happens every four or five years at the ballot box. What if we changed that? Carnegie UK’s Hannah Paylor explains how
Can giving power to the people rebuild trust in politics?
Can giving power to the people rebuild trust in politics?
Citizens Assemblies are putting decision-making in the hands of ordinary people. Newham has become the first local authority in England to launch a permanent citizen’s assembly – here’s what five people on the assembly thought of their new found power.