British Political Life

The UKParliament

The Uk’s Parliament is the supreme legislative power of the United Kingdom.

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The Upper House

The Lower House803

Members650

Members

The head of the parliament is The Crown

(In this case being the Queen Elisabeth II)

Political parties of the

United Kingdom The conservative party:

The Conservative and Unionist Party is the main centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism and British Unionism

The Labour Party:

The Labour Party is the main centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. They are a social democratic party and have been one of the UK's two main political parties from the early 20th century, to the present day

The Liberal Party

The Liberal Democrats are strong supporters of the European Union, as well as environmentalism and they are in favor of creating a new British House of Commons which is elected using proportional representation.

The Government is led by the Prime Minister.

The Government

The government is dependent on Parliament to make primary legislation

A key principle of the British Constitution is that the government is responsible to Parliament.