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Monday, 6 May, 2002, 08:37 GMT 09:37 UK
Labour's five years: Key events
Tony Blair has endured ups and downs since 1997
It is the fifth anniversary of the Labour election victory which brought Tony Blair to power.
Click on the stories below to read BBC News Online's extensive coverage of the key moments of Mr Blair's time in Downing Street.
A landslide election win ends Labour's 18 years in the electoral wilderness
William Hague becomes the youngest Conservative leader since Pitt the Younger
Having already made the Bank of England independent, Gordon Brown uses his first Budget to promise an extra £3bn for health and education
Labour Party promises to return a £1m donation from Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone
The government freezes benefits paid to single parents in a move that will spark backbench revolt.
Gordon Brown announces changes to the tax and benefits system, heralding the start of the working families tax credit.
Days of round-the-clock talks end with the Good Friday Agreement, paving the way for the new Northern Ireland Assembly.
Trade Secretary Peter Mandelson resigns after details of his home loan from Treasury Minister Geoffrey Robinson are revealed.
Nato decides to unleash air strikes against Yugoslavia as diplomacy fails to halt violence in Kosovo.
Devolution becomes a reality as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly hold their first sittings.
Hundreds of hereditary peers bid farewell to the House of the Lords as their right to sit in Parliament is abolished.
Tony Blair and his wife Cherie celebrate the birth of their son, Leo The Women's Institute heckle Tony Blair as he tries to win back the political initiative
Petrol pumps ran dry as fuel protestors blockade Britain's refineries
Having returned to government as Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Mandelson resigns again over the Hinduja passport affair Foot-and-mouth disease means millions of livestock are slaughtered Schools and hospitals are the winners in a Budget that lays down the general election battle lines
Labour wins a second landslide and William Hague resigns after an election campaign that saw the deputy prime minister hit a voter Tony Blair condemns the "new evil" of mass terrorism in the wake of the US terror attacks, which lead to the war in Afghanistan
Iain Duncan Smith beats off Ken Clarke's challenge to become Conservative leader Home Secretary David Blunkett says he wants to relax laws on possession of cannabis
Jo Moore, the spin doctor who suggested 11 September was a good day to bury bad news, resigns amid in-fighting at the Transport Department.
Gordon Brown raises National Insurance to pump more cash into the National Health Service
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