UK Government and Politics

Opposition, Backbenchers, Shadow Cabinet, White Paper, Whips - so many key terms, yet so little time.

These lessons are designed to help you navigate the tricky UK parliamentary system, and feel confident in knowing how it all works!

For your exam, you need to be able to compare a pre-1997 and a post-1997 Prime Minister. Most schools only get a chance to cover 1 or 2 of each due to time pressures.

These profiles give you a chance to study each of them, from Thatcher to Sunak, by outlining the key details that you need to know about each of their tenures.

A series of lessons based on the structure of the European Union, contextual information about it’s formation. These lessons also cover the aims and purpose of the EU, as well as Britain’s relationship with it, pre- and post-Brexit.

Edexcel, Unit 2, Separation of Powers

AQA, Unit 1, Politics of the UK

This lesson covers exactly who the Supreme Court are, what they do and why they are important. It also includes key examples that you can use to demonstrate your knowledge of judicial review, judicial activism and how the Supreme Court have historically clashed with the executive.

Age, class, ethnicity, region, education, issues - all of these are factors that influence how people vote.