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Not standing by – can civil society fix British democracy?

All of us – whether charities, non-profits, unions, faith groups or donors – can no longer afford to treat democratic reform as a minority pursuit.

Not standing by – can civil society fix British democracy?
Schoolchildren have been taking part in global school strikes against climate change in recent months | Gareth Fuller/PA Images
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The Joffe Trust normally works on global corruption and tax abuse. But, in these extraordinary times we’ve been looking at whether we can help tackle the root causes of Brexit. Like many, we are worried about how our country is changing, and how that works out for different people.

Even the Economist says that our political system is broken. We’ve realised how central that system is to all the issues of social and international justice we care about. Could we afford to be a bystander?

Here’s what we’ve learned in recent months.