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gov.uk is a website created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. It launched in 2012 and hosts pages for ministerial and non-ministerial departments, public bodies, and embassies.
Learn about the 24 ministerial, 20 non-ministerial, and 422 other departments of the UK government, their responsibilities, and their leaders. Find out the differences between ministerial and non-ministerial departments, and the types of agencies and public bodies.
Learn about the central executive authority of the UK, led by the prime minister and responsible to Parliament. Find out the history, structure, powers and functions of the government and its relationship with the monarch.
A comprehensive list of British governments from 1707 to the present, with information on their leaders, parties, events and monarchs. Includes ministries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (since 1922).
This article provides a comprehensive list of scientific research institutes in the United Kingdom that are owned by the government. It covers various fields of science, such as biotechnology, astronomy, meteorology, and medical research.
Learn about the history, composition, and functions of the Cabinet, the senior decision-making body of the UK government. The Cabinet is chaired by the Prime Minister and consists of Secretaries of State and senior Ministers of State, appointed by the Prime Minister from Parliament.
A comprehensive list of ministerial offices in the UK government, with their current and former titles, roles and responsibilities. Find out who are the Cabinet ministers, the Defence ministers, the Treasury ministers, the Foreign ministers, the Justice ministers and more.
The United Kingdom is also responsible for several dependencies, which fall into two categories: the Crown Dependencies, in the immediate vicinity of the UK, are strictly-speaking subject to the Crown (i.e., the Monarch) but not part of the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom (though de facto British territory), and British Overseas ...