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GOV.UK. gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [1] [2] following on from the AlphaGov project. The website uses a modified digital version ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK) or Britain, [l] is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [14] [15] It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
TransPennine Express. London and Continental Railways. National Physical Laboratory. Network Rail. OneWeb (17.6% in March 2022) [2] Pension Protection Fund. Supply Chain Coordination Limited (through the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) Sheffield Forgemasters (through the Ministry of Defence) UK Government Investments.
Today the UK has three distinct systems of law: English law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law. Recent constitutional changes saw a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom come into being in October 2009 that took on the appeal functions of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords . [29]
The 2024 United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 4 July 2024. [1] It will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which determines the Government of the United Kingdom. Significant constituency boundary changes will be in effect, the first such changes since before the 2010 general election.
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. [1] A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the Prime Minister and its members include Secretaries of State and other senior ministers. Members of the Cabinet are appointed by the Prime Minister and are by convention chosen from members ...
Armenia Time / Azerbaijan Time / Georgia Time / Samara Time ( UTC+4) Pale colours: Standard time observed all year. Dark colours: Summer time observed. The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time or UTC) and British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00) (also known as Western European Summer Time ).
At the 2015 general election, Murrison was re-elected as MP for South West Wiltshire with an increased vote share of 52.7% and an increased majority of 18,168. [16] In January 2016, he appointed Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Tunisia and Morocco, [17] until his resignation on 5 July 2022.