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The Green Party of England and Wales signs up to Reform Political Advertising’s campaign pledge for the May 2022 elections.

20th April 2022

We are delighted that The Green Party of England and Wales has signed up to Reform Political Advertising and Compassion In Politics’ pledge for the elections on May 5th. We welcome their leadership on the issue of misleading electoral advertising and encourage other parties and candidates standing f…

Electoral Commission withdraw misleading ad after our ASA complaint

27th August 2021

Example of the Electoral Commission ad campaign Reform Political Advertising complained about. The Electoral Commission has withdrawn an advert on the topic of political advertising following our complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The Electoral Commission’s advertiseme…

Bailey’s new poster is bunkum.

22nd April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. The ludicrous claim has been launched on the side of the bus by a leading Conservative. However, it’s a digital bus side th…

The Renew Party has agreed to Reform Political Advertising’s pledge

20th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising thanks Kam Balayev, Leader and London Mayor candidate for the Renew Party for agreeing to our election pledge for factual …

We now have 6 London Mayor candidates that have agreed to our campaign pledge for factual accuracy in their electoral advertising.

19th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising welcomes the leadership on the issue of misleading electoral advertising by the 6 candidates for London Mayor that have…

The Animal Welfare Party has agreed to Reform Political Advertising’s pledge

15th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising thanks Vanessa Hudson, Leader and London Mayor candidate for the Animal Welfare Party for agreeing to our election…

Luisa Porritt, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Mayor of London agrees to Reform Political Advertising’s pledge

14th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising welcomes Luisa Porritt and the Liberal Democrat’s commitment to the pledge. There are now 6 candidates so …

Rejoin EU’s Richard Hewison is the latest London Mayor candidate to agree to Reform Political Advertising’s campaign pledge

14th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising welcome the commitment by Rejoin EU Candidate for Mayor of London Richard Hewison in agreeing to their pledge as part of …

The Women’s Equality Party agrees to Reform Political Advertising’s campaign pledge for responsible election campaigning.

13th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising welcome the leadership being shown by The Women’s Equality Party in agreeing to their pledge as part of the…

Bob Buxton, Leader of the Yorkshire Party and Candidate for West Yorkshire Mayor, has agreed to our campaign pledge for responsible election campaigning.

12th April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising welcomes the commitment that Bob Buxton, Leader of the Yorkshire Party and Candidate for West Yorkshire Mayor, has mad…

The Green Party’s Sian Berry agrees to Reform Political Advertising’s campaign pledge for responsible election campaigning.

1st April 2021

We are not for profit and are run by unpaid volunteers. We rely on donations to continue our work. Please donate to our campaign here. Reform Political Advertising are delighted that The Green Party are the first party to agree to their pledge as part of the campaigns runn…

Help us find misleading electoral advertising in the local, Mayoral, Welsh and Scottish parliamentary elections

22nd February 2021

More referees wanted. The great political punch-up that is the local mayoral elections is upon us. With twenty-four rings around the country (there are 24 directly elected mayors in England), a red corner, a blue corner, a yellow corner, a green corner and many others besides – Brand…

We are recruiting for a Head of Public Affairs and Head of Communications.

28th January 2021

Head-of-Public-AffairsDownload Head-of-CommunicationsDownload If you want to play a key role in the campaign to prevent misleading claims aka lies in political advertising The Coalition For Reform in Political Advertising is recruiting for a Head of Communications and Head of Public Affairs. Y…

We are recruiting for a Head of Public Affairs and Head of Communications.

28th January 2021

A big thank you to the Conservative party (or ‘4, Matthew Parker Street’)

5th November 2020

The above leaflet (you can view it in full here) produced by or on behalf of the Conservative candidate for London mayor, Shaun Bailey, is a considerable help to us and to others. It provides the perfect example of why new rules must urgently be introduced to prevent this kind of shabby manipulatio…

The Government’s proposals for the introduction of digital imprints in electoral advertising are disappointing for three reasons, only two of which are obvious.

2nd November 2020

It’s clear that digital imprints, i.e. the means by which political parties and other campaigners can be identified in online advertising, should be introduced as soon as possible, if not earlier. This plan is simply an extension of the requirement applicable to printed material, one that the Elec…