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Minister for the Cabinet Office
Incumbent:
Ed Miliband MP
Took office: 28 June 2007
Style: The Right Honourable
Appointed by: Gordon Brown
as Prime Minister
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The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom contains a number of Ministers and Secretaries of State. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister [1] The department was formed in December 1916 from the secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence[2] under Sir Maurice Hankey, the first Cabinet Secretary. The Committee of Imperial Defence was an important ad hoc part of the government of the United Kingdom and the British Empire from just after the Second Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey 1st Baron Hankey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC ( 1 April 1877 &ndash 26 January 1963 Since then it has developed various units to support Cabinet committees and to co-ordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. The executive arm of the United Kingdom government is controlled by the Cabinet, a group of senior government ministers chaired by the Prime Minister. It currently has just over 1,000 staff, most of whom work in Whitehall. Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional

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Objectives

As of 2007, the stated objectives of the Cabinet Office are:

History

Historically, the most important part of the Cabinet Office's role was facilitating collective decision-making by the Cabinet, through running and supporting Cabinet-level committees. Collective responsibility is a concept or doctrine according to which individuals are to be held responsible for other people's actions by tolerating ignoring or harboring them without This is still an important role, but since the absorption of some of the functions of the Civil Service Department in 1981 the Cabinet Office has also helped to ensure that a wide range of Ministerial priorities are taken forward across Whitehall. Recently these have included:

The units that administer these areas migrate in and out of the Cabinet Office as government priorities - and governments - change.

Current Ministers

The Cabinet Office is intended to support the Prime Minister, who is also Minister for the Civil Service and First Lord of the Treasury. The department is currently headed by the Minister for the Cabinet Office (& Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster). The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom. This post has been taken by Ed Milliband since the 28 June 2007 when he replaced Hilary Armstrong, who left the government. Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969 St Pancras, England) is a British Economist and politician Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Hilary Jane Armstrong (born 30 November 1945 Sunderland) is a British Labour Party Politician.

Other Ministers located in the Cabinet Office:

Staff Structure

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On 12 June 2007 the Cabinet Secretary announced that Jeremy Heywood, presently managing director and co–head of the UK Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley, will become head of Domestic Policy and Strategy; Jon Cunliffe, previously Second Permanent Secretary, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance at HM Treasury, will become head of International Economic Affairs and Europe; and Simon McDonald, who is Director, Iraq at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will become head of Foreign and Defence Policy. A Cabinet Secretary is almost always a senior official (almost always a civil servant who provides services and advice to a Cabinet of Ministers. Morgan Stanley ( is a global Financial services provider headquartered in New York City New York United States HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting According to the announcement they will "lead new structures in the Cabinet Office designed to strengthen policy, strategy and co–ordination at the centre of Government". They will have the role and title of the Prime Minister's senior advisers on domestic policy, international economic issues and Europe, and foreign and defence issues respectively and will report directly to the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell.

Executive agencies

Buildings

The main building of the Cabinet Office is at 70 Whitehall, adjacent to Downing Street and was built in 1847. The Cabinet Office is a department of HM Government in the United Kingdom. Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Downing Street is the street in London, England, which for over two hundred years has contained the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers Remains of Henry VIII's tennis courts from the Palace of Whitehall can be seen within the building. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of The Palace of Whitehall was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when all except Inigo Jones 's 1622

The building was originally the Cockpit, used for cock fighting in the Tudor period. A cockfight is a Blood sport between two Roosters held in a ring called a cockpit It was then converted into a private residence by Charles II for Princess Anne, the future Queen Anne, when she married in 1683. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714 became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702 succeeding William III of England and II of In 1689, both Anne and her closest friend (and later most influential adviser), Sarah, Lady Churchill were imprisoned here by James II after he lost support to Prince William of Orange in the period just before the Glorious Revolution. Sarah Churchill ( née Jenyns spelt Jennings in most modern references Duchess of Marlborough (5 June 1660 (old style &ndash 18 October 1744 James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland in 1688 by a union After Anne's accession in 1702, she gave the Cockpit to Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and her husband, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sarah Churchill ( née Jenyns spelt Jennings in most modern references Duchess of Marlborough (5 June 1660 (old style &ndash 18 October 1744 The Dukedom of Marlborough (named after Marlborough, ˈmɔrlbrə " Maul bruh" is a hereditary title of British nobility in the Peerage of They were the last private residents before it became the Treasury, and was being used as a Cabinet office by 1719. HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

The department also occupies other buildings in Whitehall and the surrounding area (including 22 Whitehall and Admiralty Arch), as well as sites in other parts of the country. Admiralty Arch is a large office building in London which incorporates an archway providing road and Pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to

See also

References

  1. ^ This should be distinguished from the Prime Minister's personal staff who form the Prime Minister's Office. Her Majesty's Civil Service, also known as the Home Civil Service, is the permanent Bureaucracy of Crown employees that supports UK Government Ministers The United Kingdom budget in the field of Public finance deals with HM Treasury Budgeting the Revenues gathered by Her Majesty's Revenue and The Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (now known simply as The Strategy Unit) provides the UK Prime Minister with in-depth strategy advice and policy analysis on key The Social Exclusion Task Force (SETF is a part of the Cabinet Office that provides the UK Government with strategic advice and policy analysis in its drive against
  2. ^ Note on development from National Archives: [1]

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