The current voting system is not working: it means that too many people do not have their voices heard. Liberal Democrats are the only party that realises that the system is broken and will change it so that it works for the future: Labour and Conservatives will not change the system that has always entrenched their privileged position. We understand that British politics needs to be reformed to make it more representative and empower citizens. I support the Lib Dem plan to:

• Put an end to wasted votes, by introducing proportional representation through the Single Transferable Vote for electing MPs, and local councillors in England.
• Give 16- and 17-year olds the right to vote in elections and referendums.
• Extend the right to full participation in civic life, including the ability to stand for office or vote in UK referendums, Local Elections and General Elections, to all EU citizens who have lived in the UK for five years or more.
• Introduce a legal requirement for local authorities to inform citizens of the steps they must take to be successfully registered with far greater efforts in particular to register under-represented groups; and ensure that the UK has an automatic system of inclusion in elections. 
• Enable all UK citizens living abroad to vote for MPs in separate overseas constituencies, and to participate in UK referendums.
• Scrap the Conservatives' undemocratic Voter ID laws, which are a solution in search of a problem.
• Reform the House of Lords with a proper democratic mandate.

Communities should be empowered to have maximum control over their local services. Liberal Democrats are the only party with a vision for the future: Labour’s instinct is towards centralisation and taking power from communities; the Conservatives’ cuts to local government budgets have led to a huge reduction in services. We will drive a devolution revolution to give power to people and communities and help fund the services that people need. We will:

• Decentralise decision-making from Whitehall and Westminster, by inviting local areas to take control of the services that matter to them most.

• Give democratic local government enhanced powers to call on new income sources appropriate to their area to support local services and investment.

• Give people more power, with customers holding companies delivering services to account for their failures, and with communities able to take charge of aspects of their own local development – through, for example, establishing local banks and community energy cooperatives.

• Devolve further revenue-raising powers away from Westminster, to regions from Cornwall to North East England. We will legislate to empower groups of authorities to come together to establish devolved governance and ensure that any powers devolved are matched by the funding to deliver on the needs of local people.

• Devolve more decision-making power over key levers of economic development including transport, energy, housing and skills.

The people who best understand what the UK’s nations and regions need are those who live in them. However, the Conservative government has a terrible record at meeting the needs of the UK outside its heartlands in the south of England.

Liberal Democrats want home rule for each of the nations of a strong, federal and united United Kingdom. We have a proud record of leading the way on giving greater powers to Scotland and Wales. I support the Lib Dem plan to :

• Create a written constitution for Britain.
• Extend the involvement of the Scottish Government and Welsh Government in the development of UK-wide policy frameworks.
• Specifically include health and education departments of the Scottish and Welsh governments in UK policymaking on drug policy and student visas. 
• Create a Joint Climate Council of the Nations to coordinate action to tackle the climate emergency.
• Improve joint ministerial work on new cross-cutting policies, such as the UK industrial strategy.
• Establish a dispute resolution process to resolve differences between the administrations