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Peers make the case for election advertising reform in the House of Lords

14th September 2026

The case for election advertising regulation has now been raised in the House of Lords during the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill. Peers highlighted the recommendations Reform Political Advertising has been campaigning for: rules around factual claims in election advertisi…

Our campaign against disinformation moves to the Lords

12th September 2026

Jodie Gosling MP speaking about our amendments in the House of Commons last week. I wanted to give you a quick update on what has been an important few months for our politically neutral campaign Reform Political Advertising. Thanks in no small part to your support, our proposals to bring gr…

MPs make the case for election advertising reform as part of the Representation of the People Bill

3rd September 2026

The case for election advertising regulation was raised again in Parliament during the Third Reading of the Representation of the People Bill. MPs highlighted several of the recommendations Reform Political Advertising has been campaigning for, including rules around factual accuracy in paid pol…

After the Vote: Read our election advertising review

29th May 2026

A web-readable version of our latest review. You can download a PDF version here which includes links to the data sources. Why we looked again We published our campaign update “The Perfect Storm” just after the May 7th elections. There we warned that, as we transition from the dig…

After the Vote: why election advertising now demands urgent regulation

26th May 2026

As campaigning enters the AI age, and Britain’s politics becomes more fragmented, misleading election advertising is no longer a theoretical risk. Our latest follow-up report, After the Vote, looks at the results of the May 7th elections and finds just how many contests were decided by tiny margin…

Read our May 2026 Elections Update: The Perfect Storm

8th May 2026

We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix one of the most corrosive gaps in our democracy: the absence of rules governing disinformation and transparency and factual accuracy in election advertising. After eight years of campaigning, the ingredients for change are finally in place. MPs…

Listen to our parliamentary event “Preventing Disinformation in UK Elections”

2nd May 2026

We recently hosted a parliamentary event Preventing Disinformation in UK Elections, bringing together policymakers, industry voices and civil society to discuss how regulation can keep pace as campaigning moves into the AI era. The discussion featured contributions from Justin Madders MP (Labour)…

We held our second parliamentary event this week “preventing disinformation in UK elections”.

26th April 2026

We held our second parliamentary event this week “preventing disinformation in UK elections”. The panelists that took part in the event: Benedict Pringle (RPA), Baroness Royall, Justin Madders MP (Labour), Hannah Spencer MP (Green Party), Zöe Franklin MP …

Read our evidence for the Representation for the People Bill

12th March 2026

You can read our evidence for the Bill below. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL REFORM POLITICAL ADVERTISING EVIDENCE TO THE COMMITTEE MARCH 12, 2026 1. Who we are 1.1. Reform Political Advertising (RPA) does what it says on the tin: founded some eight years ago, we are a small …

Reform Political Advertising draft advertising code

10th March 2026

Our draft advertising code is below which we’ve published as evidence for the Representation of the People Bill. “Electoral advertising: our commitment In our advertising we will: Make every reasonable effort not to mislead voters; Ensure that factual claims are accurate according to r…

MPs raise several of our recommendations in the second reading of the Representation of the People Bill

3rd March 2026

During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill (formerly known as the Elections Bill), several MPs from across the House highlighted the urgent need to strengthen the rules around election advertising, transparency and political disinformation. You can read our recommendations…

Restoring Trust In Politics Requires Tackling Domestic Disinformation, Dark Ads and AI

26th February 2026

The long-awaited Elections Bill, now retitled the Representation of the People Bill, has finally been published. For those of us working on electoral reform, this moment has been highly anticipated. Electoral law has seen almost no meaningful change in two decades, despite the transformation of c…

“The Misleading Times” is landing on MPs’ desks

10th February 2026

MPs are learning how it feels to be a Gorton & Denton resident today. A newspaper packed full of dodgy bar charts and made up data is being delivered to desks in Westminster. Reform Political Advertising, a pressure group, have launched a satirical campaign called “The Misleading T…

Reform broke the law. However, the real problem is the law lets them get away with almost the same thing anyway.

8th February 2026

The Manchester Mill has revealed that Reform UK appear to have broken electoral law during the Gorton and Denton by-election by distributing campaign material without a legally compliant imprint. That matters. The law is the law, and if a party breaks it, that should be taken seriously. But if…

Reform Political Advertising: 2025 was a landmark year for our campaign.

30th December 2025

2025 has been a landmark year for Reform Political Advertising. Across elections, events, and parliamentary engagement, one thing has become unmistakably clearer than ever before: the rules governing election advertising in the UK are no longer fit for purpose. As election outcomes…

Listen to our House of Commons event “preventing disinformation and misinformation in campaigning”

29th November 2025

We’re pleased to share the full audio recording below from our the event we held on the 27th October in the House of Commons ahead of the Elections Bill “preventing disinformation and misinformation in campaigning”. The cross-party panel consisted of the following people: David PuttnamForme…