This UK Politics Annual Update will help students:

• Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in UK politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points, strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading
• Develop their confidence with expert analysis they can draw on throughout their course and in the exams
• Enhance their knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping them to develop persuasive arguments for their essays
• Learn more about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other up-to-date political developments, and how to put them into context
• Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information they have just learned in their exam

UK Politics Annual Update 2022 chapters:

1. Pressure groups: Lobbying in the 2020s - methods and controversies

2. Rights in context: Campaigns to protect liberties and to extend the franchise

3. Political Parties: Old, new or in between? What does Keir Starmer's Labour Party stand for?

4. The constitution: The Johnsonian constitution 'in flux'

5. Devolution (Part 1): See no EVEL: what is the future for English representation in Westminster?

6. Devolution (Part 2): What does the government's 'levelling up' agenda mean for devolved government in England?

7. Parliament and the executive: The changing relationship between Parliament and the executive

8. The House of Lords: Peers in the 2020s: The composition and legislative influence of the House of Lords

9. The UK Supreme Court: Redefining judicial power in the 2020s