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What is the UK Constitution?

What is the UK Constitution?

Concept map of the UK constitution showing uncodified, unentrenched, unitary and the five main sources

A constitution is the set of rules and principles that decides how government works, where power sits, and what rights citizens hold. The UK does have a constitution, but it is spread across many sources rather than gathered in one master text, so uncodified is a better term than unwritten.

The constitution Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Politics
  3. /The constitution

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level Politics The constitution. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with UK politics and political participation before moving on to the more abstract political ideologies and comparative/international content, which carry the heaviest evaluative demand.

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