British Cabinet

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cabinet executive body government institution

The British Cabinet is the senior decision-making body of the UK government, composed of the Prime Minister and top ministers who collectively direct national policy and administration.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet → executive body → government institution →
accountableTo	House of Commons →
advises	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
alsoKnownAs	Cabinet of the United Kingdom → UK Cabinet →
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
appointmentsRecommendedBy	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
composedOf	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Defence Secretary → Foreign Secretary → Home Secretary → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Secretaries of State → senior government ministers →
constitutionalBasis	convention → royal prerogative →
country	United Kingdom →
governedByPrinciple	collective responsibility → ministerial responsibility →
hasSubordinateBody	Cabinet Office →
headedBy	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
historicalDevelopment	evolved gradually in the 18th and 19th centuries →
includes	Cabinet committees →
languageOfWork	English →
legalSystemContext	uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom →
location	London →
meetsAt	10 Downing Street →
meetsFrequency	usually weekly when Parliament is in session →
meetsIn	Cabinet Room →
originatedFrom	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
oversees	Whitehall departments →
partOf	Government of the United Kingdom → executive branch of the United Kingdom →
primaryFunction	collective decision-making → coordinating government administration → directing national policy → managing government priorities →
reportsTo	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
responsibleFor	foreign policy decisions → major domestic policy decisions → national security policy → overall direction of government policy → public expenditure priorities →
supportedBy	Cabinet Office →
supports	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
typeOfGovernmentBody	collective executive →
typicalSize	around 20 to 25 ministers →

Referenced by (115)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → David Blunkett → Department for Business and Trade ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Department for Transport ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Department of Health and Social Care ("UK Cabinet") → First Lord of the Admiralty → First Lord of the Treasury ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → First Secretary of State ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Foreign and Commonwealth Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Home Secretary ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → James Henry Thomas ("UK Cabinet") → Leader of the House of Commons ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Leader of the House of Lords ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Lord President of the Council ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Lord Privy Seal ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ("British Cabinet system") → Minister of Supply ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → President of the Board of Trade ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Air → Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Defence ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Education ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Education and Science ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for India → Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Justice ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Scotland ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ("Cabinet of Great Britain") → Secretary of State for the Southern Department → UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → UK Home Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	partOf
Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Chief Secretary to the Treasury ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Home Secretary ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Leader of the House of Lords ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Lord Privy Seal ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Minister for the Civil Service ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → National Security Council (United Kingdom) ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ("UK Cabinet") → Secretary of State for Defence ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Education ("UK Cabinet") → Secretary of State for Education and Science → Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ("UK Cabinet") → Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Justice ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Transport ("UK Cabinet") → Secretary of State for Work and Pensions →	memberOf
Admiralty (United Kingdom) → Air Ministry ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Board of Control → Colonial Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Dominions Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → First Lord of the Admiralty ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (United Kingdom) ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary at War → Secretary of State for India → Viceroy of India → War Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Welsh Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	subordinateTo
Advocate General for Scotland ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Attorney General for England and Wales ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Commander-in-Chief, India → Leader of the House of Commons ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Leader of the House of Lords ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Minister of Supply ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for War ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	reportsTo
Board of Control → British Home Department ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → HM Treasury ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → HM Treasury ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Home Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Treasury of the United Kingdom ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	parentOrganization
Crown (British state) ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Crown in right of the United Kingdom ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Crown in right of the United Kingdom ("UK ministers of the Crown") →	exercisesPowerThrough
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	advises
British Cabinet ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → British Cabinet ("UK Cabinet") →	alsoKnownAs
Junior Lords of the Treasury ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") → Whitehall ("UK Cabinet") →	associatedWith
10 Downing Street ("UK Cabinet") → Cabinet Room ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	usedBy
Great Offices of State ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWithInstitution
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	chairs
HMG ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	composedOf
Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	correspondsTo
UK government ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	executiveBody
Cabinet Room ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	governingBody
His Majesty’s Government ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	includesBody
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("Theresa May ministry") →	introducedBy
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	isSubordinateTo
Royal prerogative of the United Kingdom ("UK government ministers") →	largelyExercisedBy
Privy Council ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	lostMostPowersTo
Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	participatesIn
British monarch ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	powerExercisedThrough
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland →	reportedTo
Cabinet Office ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	supports
Department for Work and Pensions ("Cabinet of the United Kingdom") →	worksUnder