Designed for the student and the general reader, this compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s.

Now well established as the leading reference work for students of modern Britain, this latest editionhas been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography, new statistics on social and economic history, and an expanded glossary of terms. Completely up-to-date, the volume contains new material on such recent developments as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, House of Lords reform and developments in the European Union. The political chronologies have been revised to include the electoral defeat of John Major, the record of the New Labour government and its success in winning a second term in office.