This document contains all the information you will need to answer questions on Edexcel A-Level Government and Politics Paper 1 which centre around the topics of Pressure Groups, Think Tanks, Lobbyists, Democracy, Voting Rights, and Civil Liberties in the UK. This includes a description of PGs, Think Tanks, and Lobbyists, the differences between them, modern examples, and strengths and weaknesses of both. What the Direct, Representative, and Pluralist Democracy entail, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to improve Representative Democracy in the UK. Current legislative provisions of rights in the UK, how they have changed under different governments, how rights are protected in the UK, the effects of pressure groups on human rights, and current debates over the Human Rights Act. Groups excluded from voting, milestones in extending the franchise, the work of the Suffragettes, and considered reforms such as extending the vote to 16 year olds and compulsory voting.

This document contains all the information you will need to answer questions on Edexcel A-Level Government and Politics Paper 1 which centre around The Conservative Party, The Labour Party, Minor Parties in the UK, and Party Funding. This includes a description of the principles of the Conservative party, movements within the Conservative party, policies of different Conservative governments, and factionalism within the Conservative party. Principles of the Labour party, movements within the Labour party, policies endoresed by different Labour leaders, and how the party has transformed over the years. The electoral success of the Liberal Democrats, SNP, Greens, Reform, DUP, and Sinn Fein parties, factors which prevent them from being as successful as they could be, as well as their policies. How Party Funding currently works in the UK, changes in party funding over the past few years, and the strengths and weaknesses of suggested reforms to Party Funding.