democratic deficit in the UK? There is an argument that the government has the power and right to change laws and represent people without necessarily having to be elected. This can also be known as ‘Democratic deficit’. An example of democratic deficit is the House of Lords. The members in the House of Lords aren’t elected but they get to make laws and represent the people
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The implications of an ageing population for the UK economy Garry Young garry.young@bankofengland.co.uk The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of England. I am grateful to seminar participants at the Bank of England‚ Financial Services Authority and National Institute of Economic and Social Research and two anonymous referees for comments on earlier drafts. This paper has been prepared as background to a study on the implications
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Mental illness in the UK is the leading cause of disability‚ with about one in five adults suffering from it every year. The risks to mental health can interact and develop over age/time and they can manifest themselves at all stages of human existence but most begin in earlier life. The effects of a mental illness can be both temporary or long lasting. You can also experience more than one mental health disorder at the same time. For example‚ you may have depression and a substance use disorder
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body which can make laws in the United Kingdom (UK)‚ and is therefore sovereign. No other authority can over-rule or change the laws which parliament has made. Political commentators often say that parliament can do "what the hell it likes" in terms of law making. This by and large means that the government of the day can pass legislation easily through parliament as long it has a strong‚ supportive majority in the House of Commons.’ So if‚ for example‚ Parliament had passed a law stating that all newborn
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Should the UKs constitution remain uncodified? A constitution is a set of rules which may be written or unwritten‚ establishes the distribution of power in a political system‚ the limits of government jurisdiction‚ the rights of citizens and the method of amending the constitution itself. An uncodified constitution is unwritten‚ or at least not written all in one document. The constitution in the UK is found in a variety of sources which are mainly statute and common law‚ conventions and traditions
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One of the most prominent issues in society today‚ human trafficking‚ also known as modern slavery‚ has seen a 55% increase in the United Kingdom (UK) since 2014‚ with a total of 2‚340 people‚ including 671 children identified as victims‚ 300 of these being British. The exploitation of these victims is labeled under four categories: domestic servitude‚ labour exploitation‚ organ harvesting‚ and sexual exploitation. Apart from hurting our citizens‚ human trafficking has a large impact on economics
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Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the UK constitution A constitution is a set of rules relating to how a state is to be governed and organised. The primary function of a constitution is to provide legitimacy to those in power; however it also defines the limits of government power‚ protects freedom and distributes power within the political system. In the case of the UK constitution‚ these rules can be either written or unwritten due to the uncodified nature of the constitution and only
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GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY: THE DIFFERENT LEVELS IN UK Contents THE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT The United Kingdom has different levels of government system; the function of this multi-level government system can be observed in brief from the figure given below: Figure 1: For the smooth and efficient running of the country and the public services there are different organizations and branches of government at every level. This ensures that the country runs in
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of an Unwritten Constitution in the UK The UK has an unwritten constitution unlike the U.S.A. Instead Britain’s laws‚ policies and codes are developed through statutes‚ common law‚ convention and more recently E.U law. It is misleading to call the British constitution unwritten; a more precise form of classification would be un-codified. This means that the British constitution has no single document‚ which states principles and rules of a state. However‚ The
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Trade union is a form of organization where employees and leaders with common interests join in order to promote and protect those interests. These collective organisations have the role to negotiate with the employers the wages and the working conditions‚ they also help ease the relationships between employers and employees by diminishing the conflict between them and act collectively when it comes to implement the terms of collective bargaining. As Webbs shows‚ the trade unions are ‘a continuous
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