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- Scottish local government consists of 32 local authorities which provide services to Scottish citizens.
- They are responsible for services such as education, social care, waste management cultural services and planning - similar to the role of England's county councils.
- The Scottish Government wors with local governments and provides fundig and the framework for accountability and performance

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There were 8 regions across England which had four main roles:
- Regional Planning which would use developing, monitoring and reviewing transport.
-Regional Housing which would provide housing recommendations on housing priorities in the area.
-Policy Developing which would provide a voice for the different regions.
-Accountability which would check and monitor the regional development agencies.

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- There are 730 community and town councils throughout Wales. Communal and Town councils are accountable for local citizens and each have duties to represent the interest of different areas of the community equally.

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- In places such as London and metropolitan areas some public services such as fire, police and public transport are provided through joint authorities.
- There are also parish, community and town councils that are elected and can help with issues such as allotment plotting, public clocks, bus shelters, community centres, play areas and equipment, as well as grants to help local organisations.

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District, Borough and City Councils (ND)

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District, Borough and City Councils (ND)

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District, borough and city councils are responsible for smaller areas and cover things such as rubbish collection, recycling, council tax collections and housing.

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County Councils are responsible for things such as educational services, public transport, planning, fire and public safety, libraries, waste management and trading standards.

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Within England there are two tiers of Local Government, these are:
- County Counclis.
- District, Borough or City Councils.

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The ministry of justice is a ministerial department of the government by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (a combined position).
They are responsible for:
-Courts
-Prisons
-Probation Services
-Attendance Services
There priorities are:
-A prison/probation service that reforms offenders
-Modern courts justice systems.
-Global Britain that promotes the rule of law.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced the details of the review on 20 October. The cuts were described as the biggest since World War II. The review lead to an £81 billion cut in public spending in the remaining 4 years of the parliament at the time, with average departmental cuts of 19%.

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Regional Governments have have been abolished across England due to the spending review in March 2010.
-the aim was to reduce bureaucracy which is a system where all the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than state representatives.

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Amber Rudd is the home secretary at the home office. She is in charge of security and terrorism, the legislative programme and expenditure issues. Amber Rudd helps with the border force to help security and prevent terrorism. Michael Fallon is the defence secretary, within his job he plans defence strategies and nuclear operations. Jeremy Hunt is the health secretary, he oversees the NHS performance and finance. Chris Grayling is the transport secretary, his job is to deal with problems with highways, vehicle tax, MOT, insurance and DVLA. David Lidlington is the justice secretary, he oversees the ministry of justice transformation, he does the resourcing for the department and helps with the EU exit. Phillip Hammond is the chancellor of the exchequer and a chief financial minister. He deals with annual budgets and raising the revenue through tax.

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Split into 3 different sectors:
-Welsh Assembly Government, this has 60 members. They are in charge of education, health and civil and criminal law.
-Scottish Parliament, this has 129 members.
-Northern Island Assembly, this has 108 members.
Devolution consists of the transfer of power to another body that is lower down the chain of authority.

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The ministry of transport is also another department within the UK government. The person Incharge of this sector is Chris Grayling. He helps improve roads to make them less congested which allows all the public services to move around the country easier. This then makes their jobs more efficient as they can reach the scene in shorter time periods. He also works with the police to make all forms of transport safer. Grayling also deals with vehicle tax, MOT, insurance and the DVLA. This makes sure that the roads are safe from danger and also dangerous drivers that aren't meant to be on the roads.

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There are many departments within the UK government. One of these departments is the ministry of health. The leader for the ministry of health is Jeremy Hunt. He controls their financial stability, mental health departments, patient safety and he oversees all of the NHS delivery’s and its overall performance. He said that 5,000 places for nurses training courses are to be created yearly and he expresses the importance of staff members being one of the highest priorities within the NHS.

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In 1958 the European economic community (EEC) was formed in the idea that it would improve the cooperation between Belgium, France, Germany. Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.The European Parliament decided to change its name from (ECC) to European Parliament to highlight its involvement in policy areas such as the environment and development aid. This happened in 1993. Britain are now set to leave the EU due to recent elections because the British citizens felt like it would benefit our economy better than if we were to stay. We can now make our own laws without passing them through the European Parliament first.

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European Parliment is located in Brussels and it is made up of 751 members that are elected in the 28 member states. the whole point of the Parliament was to manage economic cooperation, it would stop conflict within trade, as countries trading with one another would soon become dependant- this was known as the black market. It was created after WW2 to ensure there was no future conflict and was thought to be a resolution to some problems.
The EU were based on one law/rule, this was that everything was founded on treaties, these were agreed by all member states.The voting age in the EU is 18 apart from in Austria, where it is 16, this meant that people, down to the youngest citizens, had a say in what they're country did in situations.
Britain decided to leave the EU, and we voted out by 51.9% because we thought it would benefit our country more.

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Is the second female prime minister and she is the leader of the conservative party. Theresa May was a Home Secretary for 6 years.

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located in London - at the Palace of Westminster. It has 3 institutions :
-house of commons
-house of lords
-the monarch.
The central government are responsible for making laws with help from professionals with expertise. The leader is Theresa May. There are 650 seats in the House of Commons and 326 of these are needed to win. There is currently a coalition government between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Conservatives.

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Within the 5 levels of Uk government, two of the levels are broken down into three parts. Central government is broken down into ; the monarch , the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Devolved parliament is also broken down into three parts; Scottish parliament, Welsh Assembly Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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There are 5 different levels within the UK government.