The UK’s unwritten constitution
Support for the unwritten constitution – the Whig view
Support for the unwritten constitution – the westminster model
Support for the Unwritten Constitution – From the 1970s
What is the British Constitution – Common Law
The Common Law – The Royal Prerogative
The British Constitution – Statute Law
The British Constitution – Constitutional Conventions
New Labour and Freedom of Information (FOI)
New Labour and Local Government
New Labour and Monetary Policy
New Labour and Political Parties
The Government announced that it would take the Law Lords out of Parliament and set up a separate Supreme Court that would be the highest court for deciding cases and, although it was not to be a constitutional court, it would decide disputes between the UK government and the devolved parliaments over respective powers.
The Constitutional Reform Act, 2005 also transferred responsibility for the Judiciary from the Lord Chancellor, who had always been a government minister, to the more independent Lord Chief Justice.
A separate Speaker of the House of Lords replaced the role of the Lord Chancellor in presiding over the sittings.
