When compared to other countries in the World‚ the UK is undoubtedly democratic because of the parliament which is a representative institution. This is a definitive guarantee that the voices of the people are heard throughout the government as the people’s wishes are properly represented. Due to public outcry‚ David Cameron’s proposal for military action to Syria was shut down in the houses of Commons. This illustrates the significance and power of parliament as it has direct control over all legislation
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How Democratic is the UK? (25) Democracy can be understood as a process of people governing their state and managing community affairs all together‚ based on consensus. The origins of democracy lie in Ancient Greece. The very term was constructed from two Greek words ‘demos’‚ which means ‘people’‚ and ‘cratos’‚ which means ‘power’. The UK is in many ways not democratic. Firstly‚ Britain‚ amongst many other countries‚ claims to be a democracy. This would suggest that UK citizens‚ have effective
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large problem in the UK. According to BBC News (2003)‚ binge drinking is costing the NHS around £1.7 billion a year. In addition‚ 17 million working days are lost each year due to hangovers and the government is spending billions clearing up crime and damage caused by anti-social behaviour due to drinking (BBC News‚ 2003). The UK government is considering increasing alcohol
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TAQ. 9 Why should we care about child poverty in the UK? Poverty means people are unable to live their lives to the minimum standard of the society in which they live. Inadequate income is the overall deciding factor of poverty when basic material needs cannot be met and people are excluded from taking part in their society because of this situation. Third world countries are the stereotypical places that people associate with poverty yet according to The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP‚ 2012)
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Economics Question: In the light of the change that have occurred in the structure of the UK economy in the recent years‚ discuss better is it still correct to describe UK economy as a mixed economy. Generally‚ the British economy is also known as the Anglo-Saxon economy and is the second largest economy in Europe after Germany. It is also the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of market exchange rates. In the early history‚ the country’s most dominated sector is the agriculture
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Corporate Governance in UK Table of Contents 1. history 3 1.1 Developments since 1979 6 2. evolution of corporate governance 8 2.1 Cadbury Report (1992) 8 2.2 Greenbury Report (1995) 9 2.3 Hampel Report (1998) 9 2.4 Combined Code (1998) 10 2.5 Turnbull Report (1999) 11 2.6 Myners: Review of Institutional Investment (2001) 11 2.7 Higgs Report (2003) 12 2.8 Smith Report (2003) 12 2.9 Revised Combined Code (2003) 13 2.10 Myners Report (2004) 14 2.11 Financial
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distribute as: Working group‚ Student‚ Retire people‚ Visitor. In the Home page‚ people could find general service and information needed as : Driving and transport‚ employing people‚ working job and pension‚ money and tax‚ citizenship and living in UK‚ benefits‚ passports travel and living aboard‚ housing and local services‚ births deaths marriage and care‚ visa and immigration‚ business and self-employed‚ education and learning‚ crime justice and the law‚ disable people‚ environment and countryside
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work better and contribute towards improved efficiency in individual markets and enhanced competitiveness of UK businesses within the European Union single market. Competition policy aims to ensure Wider consumer choice Technological innovation which promotes dynamic efficiency Effective price competition between suppliers There are four key pillars of competition policy in the UK and in the European Union Antitrust & cartels: This involves the elimination of agreements that seek to restrict
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[pic] Corporate governance developments in the UK Corporate governance developments in the UK are summarised as follows: Initial corporate governance developments in the UK began in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the wake of corporate scandals such as Polly Peck and Maxwell. Financial reporting irregularities led to the establishment of the ‘Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance Committee’ led by Sir Adrian Cadbury. The resulting Cadbury Report published in 1992 outlined a number
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Venezuela move Colgate-Palmolive‚ the toothpaste and soap maker‚ will suffer a one-off $120m loss as a result of Venezuela’s currency devaluation‚ which is also posing a threat to the earnings of other US and European multinationals. The Venezuelan government said it would devalue its currency by 32 per cent on Friday in a long-expected move to alleviate a growing fiscal deficit and shortages of foreign currency. The official exchange rate for Venezuela’s bolívar is expected to move from 4.3
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