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A

Alternative voting system (AV)

• BBC page on AV

Amendment (constitutional)

• Parliamentary briefing paper (information paper) on changes to the UK Constitution

Apathy (political)

• Guardian articles on political apathy

B

Backbencher

• The role of a backbencher

Bicameral legislature

• UK Parliament website

‘Big’ government

• Coalition agreement - full text
• Coalition agreement - more accessible BBC version

‘Big Society’

• -->Big Society website - link no longer working: 'Big Society in Tatters'
• Conservative Party promotion of 'Big Society'
• Criticism of 'Big Society' by Rowan Williams

Bill (parliamentary)

• Parliament - Bills v Acts
• Parliament - Bills before Parliament 2013-14

By-election

• Parliament - by-elections
• By-election results from 1996
• Eastleigh by-election 2013

C

Cabinet

• Government ministers
• BBC - government ministers

Cabinet Office

• Cabinet Office

Capitalism

• Capitalism from a socialist perspective

Central government

• The central government’s concept of operations

Citizen, citizenship

• Home Office - British citizenship

Civic duty

• BBC - Civic duty article

Civil service

• UK Civil Service website
• BBC - Civil serviceCivil Service code

Coalition government

• Coalition Agreement

Codified constitution

• Report presented to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in 2011 by King’s College London
• Independent: Why doesn't the UK have a written constitution, and does it matter?

Collective ministerial responsibility

• Debate on the effects of a coalition government on collective ministerial responsibility

Conservative Party

• Conservative Party website
• Conservative Party news from The Independent
• Conservative Party news from Yahoo

Constitution

• UK constitutional information from UCL
• Other countries' constitutions

Council of Ministers (Council of the European Union)

• Council of the European Union website

Cross-bencher (House of Lords)

• Cross-benchers' website

D

Deliberation (parliamentary)

• Parliament Live
• House of Commons Twitter

Departmental select committee

• Parliament - Departmental Select Committees

Devolution

• Government summary of issues related to devolution in the UK

Devolved assembly

• Example of how devolution works

Division (parliamentary)

• Information on divisions, list of recent divisions and explanations of terms
• General explanations

E

Electoral reform

• Electoral Reform Society website

Electoral system

• Simple explanation of main UK electoral systems

Electorate

• Votes at 16 website

Enabling Act

• List of current statutory instruments

Enlargement (European Union)

• European Commission information on enlargement
• Arguments for and against EU enlargement

European Commission

• European Commission website
• Guardian news on the Commission

European Convention on Human Rights

• The ECHR

European Council

• European Council website

Europhobia (Europhobe)

• UKIP website

European Union

• General outline of the EU
• BBC article on the effects of the EU

F

Factionalism

• Daily Telegraph article on the five 'European' groups within the Conservative party
• Economist assessment of Labour factions

Freedom of information

• Freedom of Information Act
• ICO website

G

Green Party

• Green Party website

H

Head of Government

• How the UK government works
• Explanation of the UK Head of State

House of Lords

• House of Lords section of UK Parliament website

Human rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Text of the Human Rights Act
• Guardian news on the Human Rights Act

I

Individual (ministerial) responsibility

• Article on the idea of responsibility after the case of Chris Huhne

Integration (European Union)

• European Commission site for integration

J

Joined-up government

• BBC - explanation of joined-up government

Joint committee

• Parliament - joint committees

L

Labour Party

• Labour Party website
• Interactive site inviting contributions to the 2015 manifesto
• Ed Miliband’s explanation of One Nation Labour

Legislation

• UK legislation website
• Parliament - general information on legislation

Legislative branch of government (legislature)

• Parliament website
• Lecture on the relationship between Parliament and the executive

Liberal Democrat Party

• Liberal Democrat Party website
• Independent news on the party

Local government

• Local government news

M

Manifesto (party)

• Party manifestos

Mayor (elected)

• Website of the London Mayor

Media (mass media, new media)

• Website showing the growing influence of social media on politics
• BBC - influence of the UK media on politics

Member of Parliament

• Parliament website
• Website to find and contact MPs

Minister

• Up-to-date information on current government ministers

O

Ombudsman

• Ombudsman Services website
• Ombudsman website
• How to use an ombudsman in England

Opposition (Her Majesty’s Official Opposition)

• Opposition at the UK Parliament

P

Parliament

• Parliament website

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

• Parliament - information on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
• Information on the Committee on Standards

Private bill

• Parliament - details about current private bills

Q

Quango

• Telegraph list of quangos

Queen’s Speech

• Parliament - Queen's Speech information

R

Referendum

• Referendum on Scottish independence

Register of Members’ Interests

• Parliament - General Principles of Conduct

S

Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP)

• SNP website

Scottish Parliament

• Scottish Parliament website

Secretary of State

• Parliament - Her Majesty's Government
• All ministers and senior officials on GOV.UK

Shadow Cabinet

• Parliament - Opposition Cabinet information

Social democracy

• Social Democratic Party

Socialism

• World Socialist Movement website

Speaker of the Lords (Lord Speaker)

• Parliament - information about the Lord Speaker

Spectrum (political)

• Test your position on a political spectrum

Spin

• BBC - spin doctors clip

Standing committee (Public Bill committee)

• UK Parliament site area 1
• UK Parliament site area 2

Stormont Assembly (Northern Ireland Assembly)

• Northern Ireland Assembly website

T

Thatcherism

• BBC - Margaret Thatcher

Think tank

• Guardian list of UK think tanks

Trade union

• UK Government information about unions

U

United Kingdom

• GOV.UK website

W

White Paper

• UK Government list of white papers