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Core Executive Crossword
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prime ministerial government:Executive dominated by the chief executive
cabinet government:Collective government, PM is just 'first among equals'
primus inter pares:First among equals
cabinet office:Government department focused on "joined-up government" that acts as unofficial Prime Minsiter's Department
bureaucracy:Government by officials, another name for the civil service
anonymity:Civil servants should not be public figures
permanence:Most civil servants remain in post whichever party is in government
collective ministerial responsibility:Once a Cabinet decision has been reached, all ministers must publically defend the policy or resign
individual ministerial responsibility:Cabinet minsiters must take personal responsibility for their own behaviour and role responsibility for whatever happens in their department
Reshuffle:Changing who has which role in the Cabinet
Margaret Thatcher:This Conservative PM was considered to have a Prime Ministerial style
John Major:This Conservative PM was considered to have a collegiate, collectivist style
Special Advisor:Political assistant to a minsiter or the PM who is not part of the civil service
meritocratic:Appointment to the civil service should be on the basis of hard work, qualifications and strength of application, not family background or old school tie
Core Executive Crossword
Across:5. | Appointment to the civil service should be on the basis of hard work, qualifications and strength of application, not family background or old school tie | 6. | This Conservative PM was considered to have a Prime Ministerial style | 8. | Collective government, PM is just 'first among equals' |
| 9. | Civil servants should not be public figures | 10. | Most civil servants remain in post whichever party is in government | 12. | Political assistant to a minsiter or the PM who is not part of the civil service |
| | Down:1. | This Conservative PM was considered to have a collegiate, collectivist style | 2. | Executive dominated by the chief executive | 3. | First among equals |
| 4. | Government by officials, another name for the civil service | 7. | Government department focused on "joined-up government" that acts as unofficial Prime Minsiter's Department | 11. | Changing who has which role in the Cabinet |
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Core Executive Crossword
Across:5. | Appointment to the civil service should be on the basis of hard work, qualifications and strength of application, not family background or old school tie | 6. | This Conservative PM was considered to have a Prime Ministerial style | 8. | Collective government, PM is just 'first among equals' |
| 9. | Civil servants should not be public figures | 10. | Most civil servants remain in post whichever party is in government | 12. | Political assistant to a minsiter or the PM who is not part of the civil service |
| | Down:1. | This Conservative PM was considered to have a collegiate, collectivist style | 2. | Executive dominated by the chief executive | 3. | First among equals |
| 4. | Government by officials, another name for the civil service | 7. | Government department focused on "joined-up government" that acts as unofficial Prime Minsiter's Department | 11. | Changing who has which role in the Cabinet |
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