You can now listen to an MP3 file of our recent Opening Up Democracy event. The recording features all the key speakers, including John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons, Helen Goodman MP, shadow minister for work and pensions and Jenny Watson, the chair of the Electoral Commission. United Response held the event in [...]

We are delighted to announce further details of United Response’s Opening up Democracy event, which takes place on July 5th. Jenny Watson, chief executive of the Electoral Commission, will join senior MPs from across the parties in a discussion of how politicians can make democracy accessible to all, including those with learning disabilities, low literacy [...]

United Response’s Opening up Democracy event takes place on July 5th. The occasion will provide MPs – especially new ones – with an overview of making politics accessible to all, including those with learning disabilities. This lunchtime event will be held at Westminster between 1 and 2.30PM, and will include accessibility workshops and guest speakers [...]

Following the initial success of the Every Vote Counts campaign – which saw a considerable rise in the number of voters with learning disabilities in the 2010 elections –, it now becomes even more important to make politics universally accessible. With more disabled people becoming interested – and participating – in the democratic process, politicians [...]

United Response has seen a great deal of success with its Making Democracy Accessible and Every Vote Counts campaigns. We got the core message – that politics and voting should be more approachable to all – out there amongst the public, the media and those making the decisions in the world of politics. We even [...]