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gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, following on from the AlphaGov project.
Official website; Official website of 10 Downing Street UK Government list of ministers from gov.uk; How Government works overview from gov.uk
Since 1998, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own devolved governments and legislatures while England is governed directly by the UK Government. The UK's capital and largest city is London which is also surrounded by the largest urban area .
t. e. The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]
Politics of the United Kingdom. The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. [1] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and other senior ministers.
The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. [3] It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments.
The prime minister is the head of the United Kingdom government. [10] As such, the modern prime minister leads the Cabinet (the Executive). In addition, the prime minister leads a major political party and generally commands a majority in the House of Commons (the lower chamber of Parliament).
t. e. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). [2]
legislation.gov.uk, formerly known as the UK Statute Law Database, is the official Web-accessible database of the statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by The National Archives. It contains all primary legislation in force since 1267 and all secondary legislation since 1823; it does not include legislation which was fully repealed prior to ...
The Ministry of Justice ( MoJ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position). Its stated priorities are to reduce re-offending and protect the public, to provide access to justice, to increase confidence in the justice system, and ...