WEBINAR: Regionalising Democracy in the UK
Channel: Federal Trust Events
Date: 2023-01-30

At this webinar, speakers discussed the proposal by Andrew Black and Sam Whimster for "An Elected Upper House of the Nations and Regions" (https://fedtrust.co.uk/regionalizing-democracy-in-the-united-kingdom/).
What are the English regions, should they have devolved powers and assemblies, on what electoral basis should they be represented in an Upper Chamber, would democratised regions be equivalent to the devolved nations, and what powers should the Upper House have to challenge the Executive and the sovereignty of the House of Commons? What lessons can be learned from other democracies? 

SPEAKERS:

Dr Andrew Black
Managing Director of Digit Ltd (financial consultancy firm), Senior Research Fellow at Brunel Business School, Senior Research Fellow at Global Policy Institute. He worked for many years in Germany, both in finance and academia.

Frances Foley
Deputy Director of Compass. Previously Project Director on the campaign for a UK Constitutional Convention. Author of recent Compass report on German decentralisation and “the great transformation”.

Cllr Simon Henig
Leader of Durham County Council 2008-2021, Chair of the Association of Labour Councillors. Member of Commission on the UK’s Future, chaired by Gordon Brown.

Professor Sam Whimster
Deputy Director of the Global Policy Institute, member of the Academy of the Social Sciences. Editor of international journal Max Weber Studies.