Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has failed to take action against fake newspapers – or fake political parties

Polling organisations have strict guidelines as to questions and methodology. Why can’t we have rules to stop dodgy bar charts?

Peter Golds: I’m delighted that outdated election law is being reviewed

The Electoral Commission stumbles from one crisis to another – while proven voter fraud goes unpunished.

Peter Golds: The Left’s hypocrisy over Robert Milligan

Ten years ago, Tower Hamlets Council named a block of social housing after the slave trader.

Peter Golds: With councils being sent extra funding, scrutiny is essential

Volunteering is thriving. But in Tower Hamlets, we watch which community groups are being given money.

Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has rewritten the law to make it difficult to investigate vote fraudsters

It has, without consultation or a change in the law, slammed shut the principal way that investigating corruption of the register may be properly conducted.

Peter Golds: Once again, Tower Hamlets is in the news for chaos and corruption

Labour claims to be concerned about what they call “voter suppression.” They should sort out their own Party.

Peter Golds: Voter ID for elections is long overdue

Consider the case of the man whose death was registered in Bangladesh on election day. Miraculously, his vote was recorded thousands of miles away in Tower Hamlets.

Peter Golds: Our electoral process needs urgent root and branch reform

In April 2020, Lutfur Rahman will have his disqualification lifted. He will be free to stand in the 2022 local elections. Will the police have learned anything?

Now can we all agree that something is seriously wrong at the Electoral Commission?

When there are genuine threats, foreign and domestic, our democracy needs better protection than this visibly failing organisation.

Scandal of the council-owned empty garages continues

Our survey identified 15,875 of them. Many of these could be redeveloped to provide new homes.

Andrew Wood: We need clear rules to ensure fairness by councils providing property for faith groups

A stricter separation between church and state at local level would safeguard against political patronage.

Andrew Wood: Are school budgets being cut?

Greater clarity is needed to prevent special interest groups from presenting a misleading picture.

Peter Golds: Suspended councillors, polling station mobs…and demonic Smurfs. Yes, it’s election time again in Tower Hamlets.

In 1872 the secret ballot was introduced to prevent open voting. 137 years later, the United Kingdom cannot guarantee a secret ballot in our capital city.

Andrew Wood: The brave citizens who defeated electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets are faced with a huge legal bill

If the Cabinet Office won’t help defend democracy, why should ordinary citizens do it? The wrong signal is being sent out.

How should our electoral law change to work in the digital age?

From ‘fake news’ to micro-targeting, crowd-funding to data rights, we explore the key areas of focus for an overdue review of the rules of our democracy.