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How effective is Parliament in controlling UK government and representing citizens?
Geoff Riley
30th December 2017
A superb SWOT analysis here from Artemis Photiadou and Patrick Dunleavy at the LSE evaluating the effectiveness of the UK Parliament in holding the Executive to account and representing citizens. This is part of the 2017 Audit of Democracy.
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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