Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick
Appearance
Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland | |
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Airms o His Majesty's Govrenment | |
Govrenment o the Unitit Kinrick Office o the Prime Meenister | |
Style | The Richt Honourable |
Member o | |
Reports tae | Pairlament |
Residence | |
Seat | Westminster, Lunnon, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick |
Appynter | Monarch o the Unitit Kinrick by convention, based on appointee's ability tae command confidence in the Hoose o Commons. |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure,[1] sae lang as General Elections ar haudit nae mair nor five year apairt.[2] |
Inaugural holder | Sir Robert Walpole as First Lord o the Treasury an de facto first Prime Meenister. |
Furmation | 4 Apryle 1721 |
Salary | £143,462[3] (annual, includin £74,962 MP's salary) |
Wabsteid | www.number10.gov.uk |
The Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland is the heid o His Majesty's Govrenment in the Unitit Kinrick. The Prime Meenister an Cabinet (conseesting o aw the maist senior meenisters, that are govrenment depairtment heids) are collectively accoontable for thair policies an actions tae the Monarch, tae Pairlament, tae thair poleitical pairty an at the hinter end tae the electorate. The current Prime Meenister, Sir Keir Starmer, wis appyntit bi the King on 5 Julie 2024. He represents the Labour Pairty.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Jennings, p. 83
- ↑ Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Legislation.gov.uk (2011-10-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions: MPs". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 October 2016.