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UK Government Departments
(revised 4 January 2016)
Ministerial Departments
Since departments are reorganised from time to time, rather than list them all here, we are providing you with this general link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities
UK Political Parties
(revised 4 January 2016)
Any list we provide inevitably gets out of date so, instead, here are some links which get updated regularly:
- Politics Resources’s list of British Political Parties
- List of political parties in the UK Parliament
UK Parliaments, Assemblies etc
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Westminster Parliament
- Greater London Authority (The Mayor of London and the London Assembly)
- Northern Ireland Assembly
- The Scottish Parliament
- The Welsh Government
- Acts of Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
- Committee on Standards in Public Life
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- British Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Political resources
<(revised 4 January 2016)
- UK Politics Page
- CitizensConnection
- Democracy Matters – an informal alliance of individuals and organisations for effective democracy.
- Ellwood Atfield – political recruitment consultants
- Politics Home
- History and Policy – provides historical information for policymakers
- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
- Politicos Bookshop
- Public Affairs World
- revolts.co.uk
- Susan Hamilton Group – recruitment
- The Parliament Magazine.EU
- The Public Whip
- The Right Ethos – recruitment
- They Work for You
- Dods Parliamentary Communications & Political Information
- YouGov
Political blogs and online publications
(these come and go at an alarming rate so no apologies if some of them are deceased)
Have a look at this article on political blogs, written in May 2010.
(last updated 4 January 2016)
- Adlib at You Never Can Tell
- Bloggerheads
- Boriswatch
- ConservativeHome
- Disraeli Room
- Global Politics Magazine
- Greater Manchester Fabian Society
- Guido Fawkes
- Harry’s Place
- HillZoo
- Iain Dale’s Diary
- John Hemming MP
- John Leech Watch
- Kent Labour Students
- Lords of the Blog
- No Geek is an Island
- Nosemonkey’s EUtopia
- Paul Linford’s Political Commentary and Other Stuff
- Peter Black AM
- Politicalbetting.com
- Politics.co.uk
- PubAffairs
- revolts.co.uk
- Richard Corbett MEP
- Sadiq Khan MP
- Secondary Mandate (Lords Reform)
- Slugger O’Toole
- The Yorkshire Ranter
- They Work for You
- Tim Worstall
- Tom Copley
- Tom Watson MP
- UKIP watch
- What You Can Get Away With
- Wonkette
- Write to Them
Media sites
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Information about the Parliamentary Intranet News Services
- BBC News
- Channel 4 News
- Sky News
- Independent Radio News
- ITN News
- Metro
- Daily Express and Sunday Express
- Daily Mail
- Financial Times
- London Evening Standard
- New Statesman
- The Guardian
- The Observer
- The House Magazine (part of Politics Home)
- The Independent and The Independent on Sunday
- The Mirror
- The Spectator
- The Scotsman
- The Sun
- The Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
- The Times & The Sunday Times
- Tribune
- Catch21 Productions – trying to engage young people with politics
Ombudsmen and Commissioners
(revised 4 January 2016)
- European Ombudsman
- Financial Ombudsman (PPI (payment protection insurance); banking; insurance; mortgages; credit cards and store cards; loans and credit; payday lending and debt collecting; pensions; savings and investments; hire purchase and pawnbroking; money transfer; financial advice; stocks, shares, unit trusts and bonds.)
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Housing Ombudsman Service
- Independent Case Examiner for the Child Support Agency
- Independent Police Complaints Commission
- Insurance Ombudsman – see Financial Ombudsman above
- Legal Ombudsman
- Local Government Ombudsman
- Northern Ireland Ombudsman
- Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman
- Ofcom (telecommunications, telephone, Internet, TV, radio, on-demand services, postal services)
- Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
- Pensions Ombudsman
- Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
- The Property Ombudsman
- Prudential Regulation Authority
- Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
- Removals Industry Ombudsman Scheme
- Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Organisations
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Amnesty International
- Campaign for Freedom of Information
- CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
- Countryside Alliance
- Electoral Reform Society
- Equality and Human Rights Commission (Formerly the Racial Equality Council)
- Greenpeace
- Henry Jackson Society
- Operation Black Vote
- QuitDay.org – how the public sector can help end tobacco use in adults and children
- RightsNet – an Internet forum discussing Welfare Rights Issues
- TUC
- Unlock Democracy
Citizenship
(revised 4 January 2016)
Think Tanks(revised 4 January 2016)
- Adam Smith Institute
- Bow Group
- Centre for European Reform
- Centre for Policy Studies
- CentreForum
- Demos
- Fabian Society
- Federal Trust
- Hansard Society
- Institute of Economic Affairs
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Overseas Development Institute
- Politeia
- ResPublica
- Social Market Foundation
E-Democracy sites
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Hansard Society e-Democracy programme
- KableNet
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Democracy 21
- Foundation for Information Policy Research
- Minnesota E-Democracy
Humorous Sites
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Hoby’s Cartoons
- House of Cards Website
- Insults.net Political Insults
- Yes Minister Website
- Liberal England
European Parliaments
(revised 4 January 2016)
- Belgium – Lower House
- Belgium – Senate
- Finland
- France – Assemblée Nationale
- France – Senate
- Germany
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Spain – Senate
- Sweden
- European Parliament
- European Union