Welcome to the Companion Website for British Politics
By Robert Leach, Bill Coxall and Lynton Robins

This book replaces Contemporary British Politics and provides a concise but definitive introduction to Britain's developing political institutions and processes. It explains in simple language the domestic and global pressures that have both helped to transform British politics and placed a question mark against the very future of the British state in its current form. Well-presented, including illustrations, charts and comparative boxes, the book has been comprehensively rewritten throughout, and includes coverage of the 2005 General Election. Incorporating a wealth of figures, tables, graphs and photos to illustrate the body of the text, British Politics provides a clear and confident guide to a political system in a state of change.

This companion website will provide a range of update material, web links, questions and other features additional to what is included in the book itself.

Currently available:

• Update 1: February 2006: The Dunfermline and West Fife Parliamentary By-election
• Update 2: March 2006: Election of New Leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Update 3: May 2006: Cabinet Reshuffle
• Update 4: May 2007: Sensational Developments in Northern Ireland
• Update 5: British Government and Politics with a new Prime Minister
• Update 6: The General Election that did not happen
• Update 7: The Liberal Democrats under new Leadership – again

Other areas of interest:

• Coxall et al: Contemporary British Politics’Coxall et al: Contemporary British Politics
• Moran: Politics and Governance in the UK