Report by the Constitution Unit
The Citizens’ Assembly on Democracy in the UK comprised 67 members of the public, who were carefully recruited to be representative of the adult population of the UK. They met online over six weekends in the final three months of 2021 to examine the overarching question, ‘How should democracy in the UK work?’. Within that, they focused on three aspects of the democratic system that have proved particularly controversial in recent years: the balance of power between government and parliament; the roles of the general public in democratic processes; and ways of upholding basic rights and standards. Find out more about the workings of the Citizens’ Assembly here.
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