The powers of the Prime Minister: TASK

We are starting a new topic next week: the "core executive".

 

This is the branch of government that implements policy and actually runs the government. In the UK, it consists of three key elements:

• Prime Minster
• Cabinet
• Civil Service.

We are going to start by looking at the Prime Minister. You must create a revision resource to outline:

• What are the powers of the Prime Minister?
• What are the limits on the Prime Minister’s power?
• What is the role of the Prime Minister’s special political advisers?
• How has Coalition government affected the Prime Minister’s power?
• Is the Prime Minister becoming more or less powerful?

 Use these resources, plus any others you can find, to help:

 

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/powers_of_the_prime_minister.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/limits_powers_of_a_prime_minister.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8675705.stm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/2561931.stm  

http://www.earlhamsociologypages.co.uk/coreexexpres.htm

 

Good luck!

Good online resource

http://www.ukpolitical.info/

Also, I think this may have been the article that Nadine found on voter turnout in European elections ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3224666.stm

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