A constitutional convention for the UK will have a particularly complex set of tasks before it. It should not be asked to devise a full written constitution: that would open up too many ...

There is more and more agreement that the UK needs to have a constitutional convention. Now, we just need to agree what that actually means... In the wake of the Scottish referendum, the idea of a ...

A constitutional convention of the UK would help ensure that issues were considered in the round so that such anomalies did not arise. A deliberative Constitutional Convention for the United ...

Under constitutional convention, a member of the UK government is a member of either the Commons or Lords. Someone who is not an elected politician can be appointed to the Lords (and a ministerial ...

The UK is unlike most Western nations in that it has no written constitution. Instead, it relies on constitutional precedent and convention set out in law or previous acts of Parliament.

Ruth Davidson said a new constitutional convention would consider the correct balance of power across the UK Credit: Photo: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament/PA It could mean power being ...