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v. t. e. 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]
e. The government of the United Kingdom (formally 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 (currently Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers. The country ...
Politics of the United Kingdom. The Great Offices of State are senior offices in the UK government. They are the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary [1][2][3] or, alternatively, three of those offices excluding the prime minister. [4][5]
t. e. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position). Its stated priorities are to reduce re-offending and protect the public, to provide access to justice, to increase confidence in the justice system ...
Several government departments of the UK government have responsibilities for matters affecting England alone: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Department for Education is responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is ...
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.
This category contains articles about the ministries of the Government of the United Kingdom, which are known as departments. For articles about other bodies controlled by the UK government see: Category:Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government. Category:Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government.
The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet. [3] It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments.