PM and Cabinet

Question 1

4 qualifications to be PM

Answer 1

Be an MP
Your party wins the general election
elected as leader of your party by other party members
royal assent from the monarch

Question 2

2 powers of the PM

Answer 2

representing the UK at home and abroad
chairing meetings of the cabinet

Question 3

what is the cabinet

Answer 3

20ish most senior ministers in the government (chosen by PM)

Question 4

Collective responsibility

Answer 4

Ministers should argue freely and honestly in private and remain united when decisions are reached

Question 5

primus inter pares

Answer 5

first among equals - unofficial leader

Question 6

individual responsibility

Answer 6

Accountable for your and your constituency’s actions

Question 7

ministerial CoC

Answer 7

standards of behaviour expected of ministers

Question 8

poll tax year

Answer 8

1990

Question 9

poll tax

Answer 9

flat rate tax paid per year by all eligible-to-vote adults

Question 10

Who introduced poll tax

Answer 10

Thatcher

Question 11

what happened to PM after poll tax

Answer 11

resigned