Government of England

Who Runs The Government?

England is a part of the United Kingdom s government.

The Prime Minister is the head of the UK

government. They are ultimately responsible for
all policy and decisions. They oversee the
operation of the Civil Service and government
agencies. They appoint members of the
government and are the principal government
figure in the House of Commons.Currently the
Prime Minister is Theresa May since July 2016.

The Cabinet is made up of the

senior members of government.
Every week during Parliament,
members of the Cabinet
(Secretaries of State from all
departments and some other
ministers) meet to discuss the
most important issues for the
government.

Ministers are chosen by the Prime Minister from the members of the
House of Commons and House of Lords. They are responsible for
the actions, successes and failures of their departments.

Although The Queen is no longer responsible for running the

country, she has many other responsibilities to uphold. The Queen
is the head of the state, head of the armed forces, head of the Church
of England, and represents the nation. The current Queen of
England is Queen Elizabeth II and has been Queen since 1952.

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a
parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops;
and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. Supreme legislative power is vested
in parliament, which sits for five years unless dissolved sooner. The House of Lords was stripped of most of
its power in 1911, and now its main function is to revise legislation. In Nov. 1999, hundreds of hereditary
peers were expelled in an effort to make the body more democratic. The executive power of the Crown is
exercised by the cabinet, headed by the prime minister.