British Prime Minister's Office - 10 Downing Street, Central Policy Review Staff, Downing Street Chief of Staff, E-Government Unit, First Lord of the T (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 10 Downing Street, Central Policy Review Staff, Downing Street Chief of Staff, E-Government Unit, First Lord of the Treasury, Number 10 Policy Unit, Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, Prime minister's questions, Prime Minister's Spokesman, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Prime Ministerial Car (United Kingdom), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Special advisers (UK government). Excerpt: The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior ministers, who are government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch, to Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The current Prime Minister, David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, was appointed by the Queen on 11 May 2010. The office is not established by any constitution or law but exists only by long-established convention, which stipulates that the monarch must appoint as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber. The position of Prime Minister was not created; it evolved slowly and erratically over three hundred years due to numerous acts of Parliament, political developments, and accidents of history. The office is therefore best understood from a historical perspective. The origins of the position are found in constitutional changes that occurred during the Revolutionary Settlement (1688-1720) and the resulting shift of political power from the Sovereign to Parliament. Although the Sovereign...