UK Politics Annual Update 2023

– Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading – Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams – Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays – Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information you have just learned in your exam Chapters: – Think tanks: how do they operate and why are they controversial? – Rights in context: do we need a British Bill of Rights? – Political parties: are the Liberal Democrats re-emerging as a political force? – Devolved and divided? The causes and consequences of Northern Ireland’s election – The constitution: is the UK’s uncodified constitution working? – Parliament and the prime minister: did parliament contribute to a prime minister’s demise? – Prime minister and executive (1): Boris Johnson – Prime minister and executive (2): Liz Truss – Prime minister and executive (3): Rishi Sunak – The Supreme Court: the impact of legislative reform and Lord Reed’s presidency