Zusammenfassung der Ressource
POLITICAL LIFE IN THE UK
(Parliamentary democracy with
a constitutional Monarch)
- British Government
(runs the UK)
- Prime Minister
(leader of the
winner party)
- Cabinet
- Secretaries of State
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer
- The Foreign Secretary
- The Home Secretary
- The Lord Chancellor
- The Secretary of State for Education
- The Secretary of State for
Transport and the Environment
- Parliament of the UK
(represents the people)
- The House of Lords
(675 appointed or
inhereted members)
- Family titles
- Outstanding titles
- Its job
- To doble check new laws
- The House of Commons
(659 elected members)
- People elect MPs at a General Election
- Its job
- To pass laws and make decisions
- To provide the means of carrying
on the work of government
- To scrutinize government policy,
administration and expenditure
- Each Mp represent one of
the 659 areas in the UK
- Scotland Parliament
- Wales Parliament
- Northern Ireland Parliament
- The Queen,
Head of State
(symbolically)