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Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the chancellor, though it is the prime minister who ultimately decides who may use it. Gordon Brown, on becoming chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in 215 acres (87 ha) [13] of parkland, was allocated to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ranking Great Officer of State in Scotland [a] and England, [b] nominally outranking the prime minister.
The Chancellor of Germany (Bundeskanzler) is the head of government in Germany. In German politics, the Bundeskanzler is equivalent to a prime minister and is elected by the Bundestag ("Federal Diet", the directly elected federal parliament) every four years on the beginning of the electoral period after general elections.
Following the general election on 4 July, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Rachel Reeves as Chancellor of the Exchequer, thus making Reeves the first female Chancellor in the 708 year history of HM Treasury. [15] Starmer appointed women to a record half of the Cabinet, including three of the five top positions in the British government.
Sir Keir Starmer praised the “real progress” in the UK’s relationship with Germany as he welcomed Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Chequers on Sunday. The two leaders met at the Prime Minister’s ...
The most common title for a head of government is Prime Minister.This is used as a formal title in many states, but may also be an informal generic term to refer to whichever office is considered the principal minister under an otherwise styled head of state, as minister—Latin for servants or subordinates—is a common title for members of a government (but many other titles are in use, e.g ...
The comments from the German chancellor come less than a century after his country invaded most of Europe and started World War II. ... Both the Danish prime minister and Greenlandic premier have ...
The prime minister's executive office is usually called the Office of the Prime Minister or Cabinet Office. The U.K.’s Cabinet Office includes the Prime Minister’s Office. Conversely, some Prime Minister's Offices incorporate the role of Cabinet, while Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet joins them at par.