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The British paper and board industry opposed plans to establish the Western European free trade area and the more modest EFTA, arguing that British producers would be unable to compete successfully against their Nordic rivals. The paper industry did support British entry to the EEC, but only because this was considered to be a less bad option than continued membership of EFTA. It is argued that while the British government could not fundamentally change its European policy solely because it harmed the interests of one particular industry, pressure from business and fears that increased competition would lead to increased unemployment gradually persuaded it to find ways to reduce competition. However, this policy probably encouraged many companies to delay efforts to modernise production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents bibliographical indexes of the National Register of Archives which the British Historical Manuscripts Commission maintains as the central point for collecting and disseminating information about the location of manuscript sources relating to British politics.

A list of historical record groups accessioned to archives within Great Britain during 2008 including the records of parliamentary clerk Basil St. George Drennan from between 1920 and 1960 at the Parliamentary Archives in London, England; the papers of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection from between 1977 and 2006 at the Hull University Archives in Hull, England; and the papers of the trade unionist Len Edmondson from between 1940 and 2006 at the Tyne and Wear Archives Service in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

Attempts to modernise the working practices of the Foreign Office within the last half century have largely been successful. Technological advances have rendered the work of today's Foreign Secretaries and Diplomatic Service totally different from their immediate post-war predecessors. This has not only speeded up the pace of diplomacy but resulted in a more 'intimate' approach to diplomatic contact through the use of video and satellite links, for example. These changes have taken place against the backdrop of a decline of Britain as a world power and a realignment of the British relationship with Europe through the European Union. At the same time, however, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was anxious to preserve its architectural and historical heritage, and the author praises the Thatcher government's commitment to restoring Gilbert Scott's building in Whitehall to its original splendour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of accessions given to the British National Archives in 2009 is presented, including minutes and policy papers of the Avon Liberal Party between 1977-1995, minutes and notes of the Exeter Labour Party between 1963-1968, and the correspondence of the British communist figure Bill Moore between 1916-1999.

Presents a list of the manuscripts/record repositories concerning the history of Great Britain, collected by the National Archives: Historical Manuscripts Commission in 2004.

A list is presented of major accessions of documents relating to politics deposited with the National Archives of Great Britain in 2006.

This article presents a list of major accessions to repositories in 2004 relating to British politics. They include the Bristol Record Office, Bury Archives Service, Cambridgeshire County Record Office, City of Westminster Archives Center, and Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library.

Presents a list of major accessions to the repositories of the British National Archives Historical Manuscripts Commission in 2002 relating to 20th century politics. Birmingham University Information Services in England; Cambridge University Library in England; Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre in Scotland.

Presents the annual Accessions to Repositories relating archives and manuscripts of twenty-first century politics in Great Britain collected by the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Function of the National Register of Archives; Manuscripts maintained by the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge University; Records kept by the Derbyshire Record Office in England.