The PM and the centre of UK government from Tony Blair to David Cameron: how much will change in the transition from single-party to coalition government?

Abstract

With a strong Commons majority behind the government, George Jones and Andrew Blick argue that whether the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition operates in a different style from its Labour predecessors will depend strongly on how David Cameron controls the central machinery of power in British government. Recent history gives us the best pointer we have to what may lie ahead