The British Government
a costitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy
THE KING
THE GOVERNMENT
THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES
THE PARLIAMENT
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is the Head of Government and he is appointed by the King. He is the leader of the majority party that has won the elections. The general elections in the UK take place every five years. The Prime Minister chooses a Cabinet of 20 ministers to form the government. The Prime Minister lives and works at Number 10 Downing Street in London. The present Prime Minister is Keir Starmer leader of the Labour Party.
Listen to Keir Starmer's first speech.
The British Parliament
The UK is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. This means that the Head of State is the monarch, but the real power is in the hands of Parliament. Parliament is made up of three parts: the King, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The seat of the British Parliament is the Palace of Westminster in London with its popular clock tower, Big Ben. It is on the bank of the River Thames.
The King
The present sovereign of the UK is King Charles III. The King is the Head of State, but he has no real power. He appoints the Prime Minister and opens and closes Parliament. Moreover, he is the Head of the Armed Forces and of the Church of England. The King signs and gives his Royal Assent so that the Parliament's bill become law. He lives in Buckingham Palace in London.
There are two main political parties in the UK: the Labour party that represents the left-wing and the Conservative party that represents the right-wing. In 1988 another party was born, the Liberal Democratics which is centrist.
Five years later in 1993 the UKIP (UK Independence Party) was founded. It is an Eurosceptic right-wing populist party that has increased the electoral consensus during BREXIT, which is the British Exit of UK form the European Union occured after a Referendum in 2016.
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The British Government
a costitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy
THE KING
THE GOVERNMENT
THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES
THE PARLIAMENT
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is the Head of Government and he is appointed by the King. He is the leader of the majority party that has won the elections. The general elections in the UK take place every five years. The Prime Minister chooses a Cabinet of 20 ministers to form the government. The Prime Minister lives and works at Number 10 Downing Street in London. The present Prime Minister is Keir Starmer leader of the Labour Party.
Listen to Keir Starmer's first speech.
The British Parliament
The UK is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. This means that the Head of State is the monarch, but the real power is in the hands of Parliament. Parliament is made up of three parts: the King, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The seat of the British Parliament is the Palace of Westminster in London with its popular clock tower, Big Ben. It is on the bank of the River Thames.
The King
The present sovereign of the UK is King Charles III. The King is the Head of State, but he has no real power. He appoints the Prime Minister and opens and closes Parliament. Moreover, he is the Head of the Armed Forces and of the Church of England. The King signs and gives his Royal Assent so that the Parliament's bill become law. He lives in Buckingham Palace in London.
There are two main political parties in the UK: the Labour party that represents the left-wing and the Conservative party that represents the right-wing. In 1988 another party was born, the Liberal Democratics which is centrist. Five years later in 1993 the UKIP (UK Independence Party) was founded. It is an Eurosceptic right-wing populist party that has increased the electoral consensus during BREXIT, which is the British Exit of UK form the European Union occured after a Referendum in 2016.