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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
On 30 May, both the Conservatives and Labour ruled out any rise in value-added tax. [157] The SNPs Màiri McAllan claimed that only the SNP offered Scotland a route back into the European Union, making Pro-Europeanism part of the party's campaign. [158] Reform UK proposed an immigration tax on British firms who employ foreign workers. [159]
Executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign, King Charles III, via His Majesty's Government and the devolved national authorities – the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive; and by up to three more layers of elected local authorities, often County Councils, District Councils, and ...
Proposed structural changes to local government in England were set out in the English devolution white paper published by the UK government on 16 December 2024. The white paper announced that where possible, there was a desire for existing two-tier area—where services are provided by both county councils and district councils—to be reorganised into a smaller number of unitary authorities ...
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 (Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers. The country has had a Labour government since 2024.
Some government services American rely upon will be unaffected by a shutdown while others would become more difficult to access or suspended altogether. The effect on the economy may depend on how ...
BBC Politics Live resumed in May 2020 on Wednesdays only with Coburn hosting with guests at home or in the studio two meters away from each other because of UK lockdown rules. After the summer recess, the BBC changed their programming plan by scaling down BBC Politics Live to 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday with the same times as before ...
Rep. Patti Minter, D-Bowling Green, lost her re-election bid Tuesday night to Republican challenger Kevin Jackson. Republicans also picked off a Democratic incumbent in E. Ky. , with Rep. Angie ...