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Example Essay: discuss the extent to which UK constitutional reforms introduced from 1997 have been important

Ruth Tarrant

4th May 2016

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The UK is rare in having an uncodified constitution, which stems from a number of sources including statute law and conventions. 1997 marked a turning point in British politics with the election of the first Labour government in nearly 2 decades, and provided a chance for Tony Blair to make some fundamental reforms to the UK’s political system, including the UK’s ancient constitution which needed modernisation.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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