Return of the constitution
The second phase of constitutional reform in Britain is sending further waves of change through Wales and Scotland, parliament and the legal system. Tony Blair remains uninterested or suspicious, but Gordon Brown is ready to take up the cause
Reforming parliament
Stung by the fear of irrelevance and the Hutton inquiry, parliament is little by little becoming a more effective scrutineer
Changing the rules
What's happening to stage two of Labour's constitutional reforms? How is stage one progressing? Lord Falconer and five leading commentators discuss
After Hutton
The Hutton inquiry has little to do with freedom of information
Separating powers
Ending Britain's "elective dictatorship" is a slowly rolling programme which has now thrown up a British supreme court
Devolution bites
Devolution allows social policy experiments. But, as the English higher education white paper shows, it also has unintended effects
Liberation theology
Disestablishment of the Church of England is a no-lose policy: It is radical, it is right and virtually no one opposes it
Move over, Derry
A British supreme court would sweep away the triple office of the Lord Chancellor. Derry Irvine should bow to the inevitable
Federalist fun
Tony Blair's special adviser on constitutional reform describes the messy success story
Quixotic distraction
Scrapping the monarchy gets in the way of real political reform
Gladstone’s hour
Identifying the contradiction at the heart of constitutional reform