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 the UK. 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 future, it’s killing our planet, and it’s letting the rich drain our money. The UK 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.
Here's an idea: regular people know what's best for regular people. Instead of secret deals made by a tiny few, the House of the People will contain a group of citizens who genuinely represent the true make-up of the UK.
People from all over the UK are able to enter the lottery for a seat in the House. There will be fair weighting so that there’s finally representation for everyone. This process is called sortition. Hundreds of people from all walks of life are selected like a jury to serve in the House of the People for one sitting.
Others will be nominated after attending an Assembly in their local area, to represent the issues and demands of the place where they live.
Anyone can enter the lottery or bring a team together to begin an Assembly campaign. The final people selected will be an accurate snapshot of the public who get to learn from scientists and experts and listen to what local people are saying about the change they want to see.
Anyone in the UK can apply in hopes of being chosen by lottery to have a seat in the House. Weighting is applied to ensure there is representation for everybody — a bit like a jury – using sortition to create a fair makeup of the UK, across age, geography, gender, income level, ethnicity and disabilities.
This is a service participants are doing for the UK and donations are being raised to financially support people to attend. All who are selected will be invited to participate in the first sitting over three days on 20-22th July 2025. Accommodation, travel and food will be provided during the event, and extra financial support will be provided on the basis of need.
Assemblies are happening in neighbourhoods all around the UK. Local people are talking about the problems they experience and the things they want to see get better. In time, they are creating Community Charters, all of which the House will discuss.
Communities are sending delegates to the chamber too: someone who has listened carefully in the Assembly — perhaps who doesn't look and sound like a politician usually does! They are invited to represent the place that they're from in the House of the People.
The backgrounds and locations of these people are taken into account in the draw for the lottery to make sure the final selection of citizens truly reflects the make-up of the UK.
