English > Civilisation > U.K. > Latest Prime Ministers General Appoint- Party Policy and events Election ment Prime Minister ...... , ...... ; News of the World phone hacking ...... scandal; Referendum on ...... ; Opposition to EU;

Deputy PM Controversies over Arms sales to Middle East countries; Response to Civil War in

...... 2010 2010 Syria and emergence of The Islamic State London car bombs; Glasgow Airport attack; foot-and-mouth outbreak (2007); national floods of 2007; child benefit data misplaced; Donorgate; Northern Rock ...... nationalisation, ; 42 Days detention; 10p Tax rate;

...... of 2007–2010; ...... ; arrest of

2007 Damien Green; 2009 flu pandemic; national floods of 2009. 2005 Hong Kong handover; ...... ; Independence for the Bank of England; Ecclestone tobacco controversy; ...... ; Human 2001 Rights Act; ...... ; Reform,...... ; Kosovo War; creation of Greater ...... London Authority and Mayoralty of London; ...... ; ...... ; top-up fees introduced for university tuition; Civil Partnership Act; Constitutional Reform Act 2005; 2005 ...... ; Cash for Honours scandal;

1997 1997 National identity cards introduced. ; ...... ; ratification of the and the ; forced exit from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism 1992 ...... ("...... "); the Downing Street Declaration (initiating the Northern Ireland peace process); Citizen's Charter; Sunday Shopping; "Back to Basics"

1990 campaign; ; Dangerous Dogs Act. 1987 First female Prime Minister of the UK...... ; ...... (right to buy); ...... 1984–85; ...... 1983 of many previously government-owned industries; decreased the power of ...... ; negotiation of the ...... towards the European Community budget; Brighton hotel bombing; Sino-British joint declaration; Anglo-Irish Agreement; Westland Affair; abolition of GLC; Section 28; the "...... ";

1979 1979 Lockerbie bombing; the ...... David Cameron - Gordon Brown - - - Nick Clegg - / Austerity programme; Belfast Agreement, , Coalition government, Death of Diana - Princess of Wales, devolution to Scotland and Wales, end of the Cold War, Falklands War, Financial crisis, , Iraq War, London bombings, miners' strike, Minimum wage introduced, Parliamentary expenses scandal, Poll tax, privatisation, Scottish independence, sold council housing to tenants, trade unions, UK rebate, War in Afghanistan