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Question: ‘A Prime Minister is only as powerful as his Cabinet allows Him to be.’ Discuss.
Answer: Members of the cabinet are the supreme decision-making authority for the government, and are the sole advisers to the Crown. Cabinet ministers are members of parliament and are made up from the same political party as the one that is in government i.e. all current ministers are members of the Labour Party. They have both executive and legislative responsibilities. Members of the cabinet answer to the Prime Minister who may remove or reshuffle any of them as he wishes. The cabinet is responsible to Parliament for its policies and actions. According to the cabinet offices own website...(short extract)
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- Subject: Politics
- Course: Politics
- Level: A-Level
- Year: Not applicable
- Mark: 66%
- Words: 783
- Date submitted: April 09, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2827
