politics, the executive

which positions come under the executive and roughly how many people is this

prime minister, cabinet, junior ministers

senior ministers

civil servants, special advisors (spAds)

what is the executive also known as

the governement

what is the only power above the executive and what is this dependant on

parliament

depends on how many seats the government (executive) at the time have proportionally to the economy

which three positions make up the core executive and roughly how many people is this and what do you have to be to be involved

prime minister, cabinet, junior ministers

approx 120

MP or peer

what is the prime minister

leader of the majority party

how many people is the cabinet made up of and how frequently do they meet

20-25

weekly unless there is an emergency

what the four great offices of state

PM

chancellor

Foreign secretary

home secretary

how do the cabinet govern with examples

chosen ministers/ secretery’s of government departments e.g education, healthcare

what is the job of junior ministers and how are they appointed

advise senior ministers

appointed by the PM

what is the job of civil servants

to serve government by carrying out decisions, despite their political opinion they have to be neutral

what are spAds

employed as civil servants but to give political advise