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areas of responsibility broadly corresponded to those of Government ministers. The frontbench team is divided into departmental sub-units, the principal...
actions of the government, as well as to offer alternative policies. The shadow cabinet makes up the majority of the Official Opposition frontbench, as part...
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cost me frontbench job – Tory MSP". BBC News. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023. "Sue Gray broke civil service rules over Labour job, government says"...
Shadow Minister for Care and Older People on the Official Opposition frontbench of Ed Miliband, who invited her to attend meetings of his Shadow Cabinet...
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and the government ministers, as well as the leader of the Opposition and the Shadow cabinet sit on the front rows, and are known as frontbenchers. Other...
coalition government was the first formal coalition of its type in Britain since the National Government between 1931 and 1945. Westminster and the British media...
Rajeev Syal and Kiran Stacey (6 December 2023). "Robert Jenrick quits frontbench over Rwanda bill, piling pressure on Sunak". The Guardian. Retrieved 6...
A national unity government, government of national unity (GNU), or national union government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties...
to form majority government. Albanese announced the composition of the full Albanese Ministry on 31 May 2022. Given that frontbenchers Kristina Keneally...
December 2022, the SNP frontbench team in the House of Commons is as follows. The SNP had 453 councillors in local government elected from the 2022 Scottish...
form a constituent part of the legislative process and the British honours system. The British monarch is considered the fount of honour and is notionally...
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member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply...
LabourList, 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023. Katie Neame (7 June 2023). "Frontbencher Gerald Jones wins selection contest over left-wing MP Beth Winter". LabourList...
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