Whitaker's 2019

First published in 1868, Whitaker's
is the ultimate single-volume reference source - packed with thousands
of facts, figures, overviews and statistics relating to the UK and the
world.Whitaker's 2019 contains a comprehensive explanation of every aspect of national and local government infrastructure in the UK,
astronomical and tidal data for 2019, guides to UK law, education and
taxation, overviews of the water, energy and transport industries,
essential calendar information, chapters on royalty and peerage, complete results for each constituency from the last UK General Election and an up-to-date list of MPs,
government departments and public bodies, directory listings of
trade unions and professional bodies, sports results and records, reviews of the
year 2017-18 - covering the arts, science and politics - and monthly
summaries of the year's news. Whitaker's is also an excellent introduction to world politics with in-depth profiles of international organisations, the European Union and every country of the world.Our dedicated team of both in-house editors and specialist contributors spend a total of around 6,000 hours updating Whitaker's annually
- this includes contacting thousands of individuals to update their own
organisation's details, researching information from official annual
reports, and gathering statistics and facts from the most up-to-date
authoritative sources available. Updated continually throughout the year
around 2,000 hours of editorial time is dedicated to verifying every piece of information to ensure that, unlike collaborative online sources such as Wikipedia, all the material in Whitaker's is neutral and reliable. Now in its 151st edition,
the book is completely revised and updated every year with at least 60%
of the contents - including maps, diagrams and colour infographics -
newly compiled specifically for this edition.A totally unique
combination of every aspect of UK infrastructure, current affairs, world
politics, history, finance, astronomical data and reviews of the year, 'Whitaker's remains the most comprehensive compendium of information in the English language' (Jon Snow) and will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources.