Lord Falconer, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responding to the Government’s announcement that they will bring forward by a year the end of the transition period to Individual Electoral Registration, said:

“This is yet another example of how David Cameron’s Government is intent on rigging the game in its favour.

“The Tories are ignoring the Electoral Commission’s recommendation not to proceed in December 2015 – a decision which risks depriving millions of people of a vote as they fall off the electoral register.  This looks like a partisan decision intended to help the Tories’ push through a boundary review rigged in their favour.

“This makes a mockery of the Government’s one nation claims and they should think again.”