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Cabinet of the United Kingdom (view source)
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The '''Cabinet of the United Kingdom''' is a body consisting of the most senior ministers in the government of the [[United Kingdom]], headed by the [[Prime Minister]]. Formally a committee of the [[Privy Council]], it is the main [[executive]] body of the British Government. Traditionally, the Cabinet meets weekly on a Thursday morning.
All members of the Cabinet are drawn from either the [[House of Commons]] or the [[House of Lords]].
==Current members of the Cabinet==
This is the current composition of the Cabinet following the reshuffle on May 5, 2006:<ref>[http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page1371.asp Her Majesty's Government] at the 10 Downing Street official website</ref>
*[[Prime Minister]]: [[Tony Blair]]
*[[Deputy Prime Minister]]: [[John Prescott]]
*[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]: [[Gordon Brown]]
*Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: [[Margaret Beckett]]
*Secretary of State for the Home Department: [[John Reid]]
*Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice: [[Lord Falconer of Thoroton]]
*Lord President of the Council and Leader of the [[House of Lords]]: Baroness Amos
*Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons: [[Jack Straw]]
*Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: [[Ruth Kelly]]
*Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: [[Tessa Jowell]]
*Secretary of State for Defence: [[Des Browne]]
*Secretary of State for Education and Skills: [[Alan Johnson]]
*Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: [[David Miliband]]
*Secretary of State for Health: [[Patricia Hewitt]]
*Secretary of State for International Development: [[Hilary Benn]]
*Secretary of State for [[Northern Ireland]] and Secretary of State for [[Wales]]: [[Peter Hain]]
*Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: [[Alistair Darling]]
*Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland: [[Douglas Alexander]]
*Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [[John Hutton]]
*Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: [[Hilary Armstrong]]
*Minister without Portfolio and Party Chair: [[Hazel Blears]]
*Chief Secretary to the Treasury: [[Stephen Timms]]
*Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: [[Jacqui Smith]]
All members of the Cabinet are drawn from either the [[House of Commons]] or the [[House of Lords]].
==Current members of the Cabinet==
This is the current composition of the Cabinet following the reshuffle on May 5, 2006:<ref>[http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page1371.asp Her Majesty's Government] at the 10 Downing Street official website</ref>
*[[Prime Minister]]: [[Tony Blair]]
*[[Deputy Prime Minister]]: [[John Prescott]]
*[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]: [[Gordon Brown]]
*Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: [[Margaret Beckett]]
*Secretary of State for the Home Department: [[John Reid]]
*Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice: [[Lord Falconer of Thoroton]]
*Lord President of the Council and Leader of the [[House of Lords]]: Baroness Amos
*Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons: [[Jack Straw]]
*Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: [[Ruth Kelly]]
*Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: [[Tessa Jowell]]
*Secretary of State for Defence: [[Des Browne]]
*Secretary of State for Education and Skills: [[Alan Johnson]]
*Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: [[David Miliband]]
*Secretary of State for Health: [[Patricia Hewitt]]
*Secretary of State for International Development: [[Hilary Benn]]
*Secretary of State for [[Northern Ireland]] and Secretary of State for [[Wales]]: [[Peter Hain]]
*Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: [[Alistair Darling]]
*Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland: [[Douglas Alexander]]
*Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [[John Hutton]]
*Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: [[Hilary Armstrong]]
*Minister without Portfolio and Party Chair: [[Hazel Blears]]
*Chief Secretary to the Treasury: [[Stephen Timms]]
*Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: [[Jacqui Smith]]