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The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
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]
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the entire United Kingdom.
The Government Economic Service (GES) is a professional grouping of public sector economists who work across some 40 departments and agencies of His Majesty's Government (HMG). The GES Board is chaired by the Head of the GES and consists of government chief economists and directors of analysis. GES was founded in 1964 [1] by Sir Alec Cairncross.
This category is for "Companies Act companies", which are companies that are created under the 1985 or 2006 Companies Acts, and registered with Companies House as normal, but are fully or partly-owned by the UK Government. Other types of company should go into the relevant sub-category. Companies portal
Faculty has connections to political figures in UK government. [3] [4] In some instances, Faculty's government contracts have raised conflict of interest concerns. [4]Faculty said it complies with conflict of interest best practices and government procurement procedures.
His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) [4] [5] is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.