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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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. Besides‚ at the middle of home page‚ there have linking for 24 ministerial departments and 331 other agencies and public bodies that can see all polices‚ announcements‚ updated information
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also known as United Kingdom or UK is a sovereign state located off north-western coast of Europe. It consists of four countries- Wales‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and England. It is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. It has the world’s sixth largest economy by nominal GDP and eight largest economy by purchasing power parity. The country has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session
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Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development; further education; higher education; libraries‚ archives and information services; and work-based learning. (Since January 2005‚ LLUK has taken over the work of three former national training organisations‚ FENTO‚ PAULO and isNTO‚ together with the NTO responsibilities of HESDA.) The role of Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is to increase the skills
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How Democratic is the UK? Democracy is a very general term used to describe various political systems that are organised on the basis that the government should serve the interests of the people. It is expected in a democracy that citizens should influence decisions‚ make decisions themselves and that the government is accountable to the people. It is also expected that the freedoms of citizen’s are protected‚ minorities are protected‚ governmental power is controlled and dispersed more widely
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Conservative Party‚ and the Liberal Democrats‚ who won between them 616 out of the 646 seats available in the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. Most of the remaining seats were won by parties that only contest elections in one part of the UK such as the Scottish National Party (Scotland only)‚ Plaid Cymru (Wales only)‚ and the Democratic Unionist Party‚ Social Democratic and Labour Party‚ Ulster Unionist Party‚ and Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland only. A political party must also select its
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factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. The report also aims to provide how much and to what extent‚ Government policies influence oil prices in UK. Objective of the Assignment: This assignment has been prepared considering a number of objectives. The objectives are: * Identify and evaluate the factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. * Understand how and to what extent UK government policies make an impact on the oil prices.
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Current Legislation for Home Based Childcare The Human Rights Act 1998 The human rights act 1998 (HRA)‚ which incorporates the rights contained in the European Convention of Human Rights (the convention) into UK law‚ is also relevant in challenging discrimination. This came into force on 2nd October 2000. -Article 14 The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 The DDA stares that it is illegal to treat Disabled person less favourably than a non-disabled person without justification
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The Body Shop Table of contents Introduction : 2 Section A 3 A comprehensive strategic analysis of the industry : 3 Question 1 3 1) The external strategic analysis of The Body Shop 3 1.1° Synopsis of the beauty industry: Macroenvironement and trends 3 1.2° The competition: immediate industry and competitive environment 5 1.3°The key success factors of the beauty industry and The Body Shop 7 1.4) The SW(OT) analysis of The Body Shop 8 Question 2:
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Strategy Field Project The Body Shop EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Today "The Body Shop" is one of the best and well-known brands available in the Cosmetics industry especially in the natural product category. The company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick‚ has presence in 51 countries with 2000 stores worldwide in the year 2004. The company operates in 4 markets; Americas‚ Europe‚ Middle East/Africa and Asia. The company is into the industry that is on the verge of maturing though it throws the opportunity
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