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As of January 2023, GOV.UK is the second-most-used government website worldwide, after Russia's Gosuslugi. [3] [4] The website was planned to replace the individual websites of hundreds of government departments and public bodies by 2014. By 1 May 2013, all 24 ministerial departments had their URLs redirected to gov.uk.
The government of the United Kingdom, officially His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government, is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2] [3] The government is led by the prime minister (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers.
The total annual budget of the department in 2011–12 was £151.6 billion, representing approximately 28% of total UK Government spending. [40] The department spends a far greater share of national wealth than any other department in Britain, by a wide margin. The department spends an average of £348.9 million with suppliers per month. [41]
Contained within Number 10 Downing Street is the Prime Minister's Office, as well as his official residence. Agency overview; Jurisdiction: UK Government: Headquarters: 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom: Employees: c.250 (2017) [1] Agency executives
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]
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The classic view of Cabinet Government was laid out by Walter Bagehot in The English Constitution (1867) in which he described the prime minister as the primus-inter-pares ("first among equals"). [23] The view was questioned by Richard Crossman in The Myths of Cabinet Government (1972) and by Tony Benn.
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