The House of the People will be a permanent Citizens Assembly to allow anyone in the UK the chance to make important decisions about the big problems we're facing. The first bricks are being laid this summer with the first sitting from 20 - 22 July 2025 and it will continue to meet periodically thereafter. It is being built on clear foundations.
Here's an idea: communities know what is best for them. People like us — your mum, your neighbour, nurses, teachers, posties — they should set the agenda, not the leader a political party in secret deals with powerful companies and the super-rich.
Democracy is about freedom, fairness and the right to contribute to the important decisions which affect our lives. This House exists to create equal space for all people in politics, where our friends, neighbours and family get to choose instead of just politicians, aristocrats and oligarchs.
While Lords & politicians impose prison sentences on peaceful activists and debate withdrawing from the Universal Convention on Human Rights, the House of the People respects the proud history of improving democracy in Britain. From the Chartists to the Suffragettes, regular people have stood up and taken action to demand their voices are heard.
This House recognises that protest is a result of people not getting the help they need, and must always work to respect and listen to this fundamental pillar of democracy.
Politics has failed because it’s selling our heritage, it’s killing our planet, and it’s letting the rich drain our money. Our country is in need of a big transformation to protect us from the breakdown of essential systems. It's time for communities and local people to decide the best way forward on existential issues that politicians can’t solve.
It shouldn't take hunger strikes and mass protests to get politicians to listen to the warnings from scientists and learn the true solutions from experts who devote their life to understanding problems. The House of the People will be a home for educating and informing the public on the true picture of things, without influence from companies and vested interests.
Although Citizens' Assemblies are tried and tested ways of learning what the public really want, they haven't been implemented at the beating heart of government before.
So this chamber is a work in progress, something to be improved and developed: there are many ways of bringing in the voices of local communities into the process. The House should always open to listening to anyone, and be built by and for the people who need it.
To restore trust in politics the chamber needs to have the power to write laws. A House of Citizens should replace the Lords, and set the agenda for Parliament.
Politicians have had their chance. It's about time citizens could have their say. Eight centuries of juries proves ordinary people can make important decisions. People across the UK trust citizens’ assemblies more than political parties to do right by them. Let's unlock Parliament and put people in charge.
The House of the People will be a permanent Citizens Assembly to allow anyone in the UK the chance to make important decisions about the big problems we're facing. The first bricks are being laid this summer with the first sitting from 20 - 22 July 2025 and it will continue meet periodically thereafter. It is being built on clear foundations.
Here's an idea: communities know what is best for them. People like us — your mum, your neighbour, nurses, teachers, posties — they should set the agenda, not the leader a political party in secret deals with powerful companies and the super-rich.
Democracy is about freedom, fairness and the right to contribute to the important decisions which affect our lives. This House exists to create equal space for all people in politics, where our friends, neighbours and family get to choose instead of just politicians, aristocrats and oligarchs.
While Lords & politicians impose prison sentences on peaceful activists and debate withdrawing from the Universal Convention on Human Rights, the House of the People respects the proud history of improving democracy in Britain. From the Chartists to the Suffragettes, regular people have stood up and taken action to demand their voices are heard.
This House recognises that protest is a result of people not getting the help they need, and must always work to respect and listen to this fundamental pillar of democracy.
Politics has failed because it’s selling our heritage, it’s killing our planet, and it’s letting the rich drain our money. Our country is in need of a big transformation to protect us from the breakdown of essential systems. It's time for communities and local people to decide the best way forward on existential issues that politicians can’t solve.
It shouldn't take hunger strikes and mass protests to get politicians to listen to the warnings from scientists and learn the true solutions from experts who devote their life to understanding problems. The House of the People will be a home for educating and informing the public on the true picture of things, without influence from companies and vested interests.
Although Citizens' Assemblies are tried and tested ways of learning what the public really want, they haven't been implemented at the beating heart of government before.
So this chamber is a work in progress, something to be improved and developed: there are many ways of bringing in the voices of local communities into the process. The House should always open to listening to anyone, and be built by and for the people who need it.
To restore trust in politics the chamber needs to have the power to write laws. A House of Citizens should replace the Lords, and set the agenda for Parliament.
Politicians have had their chance. It's about time citizens have their say. Eight centuries of juries proves ordinary people can make important decisions. People across the UK trust citizens’ assemblies more than political parties to do right by them. Let's unlock Parliament and put people in charge.
In July 2025, a parallel Parliament will be held over three days in London. Thousands of people across the UK are writing community charters to send up to the chamber. An accurate snapshot of the public will use these to create a new democratic mandate: The People’s Charter.
The first sitting of the chamber has been started by a group called Assemble. It includes activists from the climate movement who understand that transformational change needs to come from the bottom-up, through the consent of the public.
The House is a separate project to the central work of Assemble — which involves giving local people the tools and funding to run Assembly campaigns in their area — so a governance structure has been created which enables groups from many different persuasions to participate in the building of this new home for democracy. Not all will be decided in this first sitting: it is the first of a process, but you can help build it with us.
