Level 3 Public Services Government‚ Politics and the Public Services Unit 1 European parliament What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament‚ also abbreviated as Europarl or the EP‚ is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‚ it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world The European Directly
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Received By: Date: TAX A1 QCF April 2013 UTE CC 1 Unit Outcomes Outcome Evidence for the criteria Feedback Assessor’s decision First attempt Rework Internal Verification Describe the UK tax environment 1.1 Understand the duties and responsibilit ies of the tax practitioner in the UK tax environment LO1 Analyse the roles and responsibilities of the tax practitioner 1.2 Explain the tax obligations of tax payers or their agents and the implications of noncompliance Calculate
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AP – Unit 2 – Test Bank These are a lot of review questions on material from last year. Refresh your brains. 1) The primary goal of the American Revolution was to A) establish a new political system B) create a new economic order C) institutionalize new social values based on equality D) restore rights the colonists felt were already theirs as British subjects 6) Right after the Revolutionary War‚ a dramatic change swept through the new country: A) a dramatic increase in democracy
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Democracy is a word frequently used in british politics We are constantly told that we live in a democracy in bitainand that our political system is "democratic" and that nations that do not match these standards are classed as "undemocratic". D Robertson‚ writing in 1986‚ stated that: Robertson continued by stating that the word only starts to mean something tangible in the modern world when it is prefixed with other political words‚ such as direct‚ representative‚ liberal and parliamentary. This
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Chapter 3 Key Terms Federal system- system of government where the national government and state governments share power and derive all authority from the people Confederation- Type of government where the national government derives its powers from the states; a league of independent state Unitary system- system of government where the local and regional government derive all authority from a strong national government Tenth amendment- The final part of the Bills of Rights that defines the
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UK Banking System - Banking and Finance A Summary Sophisticated commercial‚ financial and professional services developed in the City of London during the 19th century to support Britain ’s position as the world ’s largest trading nation. Today Britain has a wide variety of banking and financial institutions. Many of these offer specialised services to individuals‚ companies and other bodies‚ both in Britain and internationally. Bank of England The Bank of England was established in 1694 by
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Political Institutions UK History of political parties The political history of the British Isles. Over the past 800 years has been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring authority to a London based Parliament as the sovereign legislative body for all Britain. The original structures were monarchical‚ aristocratic and non-democratic. The growth of political parties and constitutional structures. The growing power of Parliament against the monarch in seventeenth
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Milestone – Mr Archer – year 13 government & politics Two broad coalitions with more ideological differences within them than between them. To what extent is this still an accurate description of the democratic and the republican party (30 marks). The names of the US political parties suggest that they are not ideologically exclusive‚ as democracy and republicanism are two completely different ideologies in which the two party names seam to project. For example a belief of democracy is that Sovereignty
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expensive for the locals. Dato ’ Chew with his visionary insight‚ saw the tremendous business opportunities for locally made audio appliances at more affordable prices. Since then‚ Pensonic Sales & Service Sdn. Bhd. was set up with various branches throughout the country in 1982. As business improved and progressed‚ the company started to import all types of audio and visual products from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and marketed them
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contemporary world would looked like if no religions had been found throughout the history of human beings. My aim is to compare the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ and Lithuania’s religious congregations and how religion is combined with the government in each country. To begin with‚ all countries have a religious congregations but it differs in several ways such as different numbers of religious congregations and number of members belonging to them. The main religion is considered to be
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