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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.

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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

The constitution Lesson