British Government and Politics on the Internet


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School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy

Keele University


UK + England & Wales... Scotland... Wales... Northern Ireland... Channel Islands... Isle of Man




UK-Wide and England/Wales Sites


Latest revision 18 November 2009




Monarchy/Royal Family


National Anthem


Constitution

The Constitution Unit at University College, London


The Prime Minister & Ministers

Previous Prime Ministers

Government Ministers

  • Cabinet Ministers and biographies
  • All Government Ministers

    Former Ministers

    • David Blunkett from Wikipedia
    • Mo Mowlam

      Central Government

      UK Direct - main government directory and public service information

      • DirectionlessGov - unofficially indexing some 6 million pages on government and public agencies

      The Government Says - government press releases

      Policy Hub - 'the first port of call for all concerned with policy-making'

      Civil Service

      E-Government in the UK


      Central Departments

    • Cabinet Office
    • Attorney-General's Office
    • Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
    • Department for Communities & Local Government
    • Department of Constitutional Affairs - archive only
    • Department for Children, Schools and Families
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Department for Culture, Media & Sport
    • Department of Energy and Climate Change
    • Department of Health
    • Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
    • Department for International Development
    • Ministry of Justice
    • Department of Transport
    • Department for Transport
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
    • H.M. Treasury (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Home Office
    • Ministry of Defence
    • Ministry of Justice
    • Northern Ireland Office
    • Scotland Office
    • Wales Office

      UK Central Government Agencies and Public and Parapublic Bodies

    • W4MP - 'the site for everyone working for an MP'


      Political Parties

      The Register of Political Parties

      Party Funding




      Legal System




      English Regions

    • England's Regional Development Agencies
    • English Regions Network
    • Local and Regional Government Research and Statistics
    • Regional Administration from Intute
    • Regions of England from Wikipedia
    • Area Board Initiative Coordination from the RCU
    • Regional Assemblies
    • Regional Development Agencies
    • Regional Coordination Unit
    • Regional Assemblies (Preparation) Act
    • The Regionalisation of Britain - hostile
    • Success in the Regions from the NAO
    • New Labour, No Britain?
    • Do Regions Matter?
    • Say No to Regional Assemblies
    • Referendums for Regional Assemblies
    • Campaign for a Cornish Assembly

      See also under referendums below


      Local Government




      Elections and Referenda

      Electoral System and Election Arrangements

      Parliamentary Elections

      General Election Studies

      European Parliament Elections

      National Referenda

      Regional Elections and Referenda

      Local Elections




      Think Tanks and Policy Institutes


      Political Groups and Causes

      This section lists groups known to have an involvement in issues of public policy, grouped into broad subject areas:
      Animals and Rural Issues.. Asylum, Immigration, Race and Refugees..
      Britain and Europe.. Business and Industry
      Defence and International.. Environmental
      Ideology and Activism.. Political System
      Rights and Liberties.. Social Issues.. Trade Unions

      Animal Rights and Rural Issues

      Asylum, Immigration, Refugees and Race RelationsBritain and Europe

      Business and Industry

      Defence and International Issues

      Environment

      Ideology and Activism

    • International Socialist Group from Wikipedia
    • International ocialist Resistance
    • Levellers.Org
    • Liverpool Social Forum
    • OswaldMosley.com
    • Most Appalling Lefties
    • Movement for Christian Democracy
    • Permanent Revolution
    • Politics of Envy - 'leftwing slant on British and world news'
    • Power to the People
    • rampART - (anarchist)
    • Ratifiers for Democracy - the Democratic Way
    • Red Action 'socialism has failed, new thinking, new structures needed'
    • Red Star Research - leftist site opposed to Blair government
    • Right Now - 'a magazine of political ideas and culture'
    • SchNews 'news from the frontlines of global resistance'
    • Searchlight - anti-fascist group
    • The Seed - UK anarchist information
    • Sheffield Social Forum
    • Socialist Appeal
    • Socialist Campaign Group
    • Socialist Future Group
    • Socialist Outlook monthly marxist review
    • Socialist Unity
    • Socialist Unity Network from Wikipedia
    • Solidarity: The British Workers Union - nationalist
    • Salisbury Review - right-wing journal
    • Top Leftybaiters
    • UK Casuals - racist football hooligans
    • UK Mayday Monopoly Game 2001
    • Unite Against Fascism
    • Voice of the Radical Centre
    • Women2Win - promoting more Conservative women candidates
    • Workers Liberty
    • Workers Power Group (League for a Revolutionary Communist International)
    • Workers Power (UK Branch of Fifth International)
    • Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

      Political System

      Rights and Liberties

      Social Issues

      Trade Unions and Professional Associations




      Media

      Media in General, Directories and Lists

      Film

      Fotosearch Stock Photographs and Footage

      Newspapers and magazines

    • Times Higher Education
    • The Times Literary Supplement
    • Torquay Herald Express
    • Tribune
    • Urban 75 - activist ezine
    • Viz
    • Wakefield Express
    • The Weekly Worker (CPGB)
    • Western Daily Press (Bristol)
    • Western Morning News
    • Westminster Watch online with news, views and information about UK politics
    • Wirral Globe
    • Wirral News
    • Woking News & Mail
    • Wolverhampton Express & Star
    • Worcester Journal
    • Worthing Herald
    • Yorkshire Evening Post

      Radio and Television

    • Bravo TV
    • British Satellite News
    • The History Channel
    • Euronews from ITN in five languages
    • Channel 4 - listings, competitions, background
    • Channel 5
    • Commercial Radio Companies Association
    • HTV
    • Independent Radio News
    • ITV News
    • RadioCentrePlayer
    • RAJAR - radio audience data
    • Sky Broadcasting
    • S4C
    • uk Discovery Channel
    • UK Internet radio Stations from Radiofeeds
    • UK Internet Radio Stations from MediaUK

      Polls and Surveys

    • British Election Study datasets
    • British Polling Council
    • Centre for Applied Social Surveys
    • Communicate Research
    • Election Forecast from UKElect
    • ESRC Data Archive - about 5000 social and political datasets including Mori polls, British Cohort Survey, British Social Attitudes etc
    • Gallup Poll
    • ICM Polls
    • IPSOS-MORI
    • The National Centre for Social Research
    • National Digital Archive of Datasets
    • NESSTAR Survey data holdings include General Household Survey, Quarterly Labour Force Survey,Health Survey for England, British Election Surveys, British Social Attitudes Surveys,Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, ONS Omnibus survey
    • Opinion Leader Research
    • Planning Alerts popularity ratings and forums
    • Populus
    • UK Polling Report
    • Westminster Watch includes recent polls
    • YouGov

      Political Weblogs and Discussion Sites

      Lists of blogs

    • UK Political Blog Feeds
    • BlogHerald - daily news and comment on the blogosphere
    • BlogPulse
    • Google Trends

      Individual blogs

      This does not attempt to be a definitive list but concentrates on blogs with a substantial continuing engagement with politics. Many, in turn, link to other blogs


      Other UK sites of political interest




      Indices, Directories and Reference




      Channel Islands


      Isle of Man



      Compiled/Copyright 1995-2009 Martin Harrison. Please send corrections or suggested additions to M.Harrison@pol.keele.ac.uk Links verified November 2009