Is based in Westminster in London, it consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is responsible for deciding how the country is run. They set taxes and decide what to spend public money on. They also decide how to distribute public services such as:
• Police and armed services
• National Health Service
• Welfare benefits
• UK energy supply
People in the House of Lords are not elected. Some people in the House of Lords are hereditary peers so they have inherited that role and others are life peers they get this through being knighted. The responsibilities of the House of Lords is: making laws and challenging and checking the behaviour of the government.
The responsibilities of the House of Commons are challenging, inspecting and scrutinising the work of the government, debating …show more content…
They can issue fines for: litter, graffiti, fly posting, dog offences.
Information about the government: Every 5 years there is a general election. The main parties are conservatives, labour, liberal democrats. The party who attains the most votes wins. Government is in charge of managing and deciding how the taxes are spent. It is formed by the political party with the highest representation in the house of commons. Sone more responsibilities are: It signs treaties and agreements with other countries, it makes laws, and defends the nations. An example of signing treaties was the 1949 NATO treaty which was a defensive strategy that brought some countries together.
Local government consists of: Unitary authorities, London boroughs, metropolitan borough, county councils, district councils. Local government is also responsible for public transport, traffic, local services, local planning, education, sports centres and
• Police and armed services
• National Health Service
• Welfare benefits
• UK energy supply
People in the House of Lords are not elected. Some people in the House of Lords are hereditary peers so they have inherited that role and others are life peers they get this through being knighted. The responsibilities of the House of Lords is: making laws and challenging and checking the behaviour of the government.
The responsibilities of the House of Commons are challenging, inspecting and scrutinising the work of the government, debating …show more content…
They can issue fines for: litter, graffiti, fly posting, dog offences.
Information about the government: Every 5 years there is a general election. The main parties are conservatives, labour, liberal democrats. The party who attains the most votes wins. Government is in charge of managing and deciding how the taxes are spent. It is formed by the political party with the highest representation in the house of commons. Sone more responsibilities are: It signs treaties and agreements with other countries, it makes laws, and defends the nations. An example of signing treaties was the 1949 NATO treaty which was a defensive strategy that brought some countries together.
Local government consists of: Unitary authorities, London boroughs, metropolitan borough, county councils, district councils. Local government is also responsible for public transport, traffic, local services, local planning, education, sports centres and