...Assignment 1 The responsibilities of different levels of Government in the UK There are many different levels of government in the UK. The diagram below describes those levels. ↓ UK Parliament ← → Taxes ↓ Welsh Assembly ← → Health → Public Services ↓ → Education Refuse collection ← → Housing Recycling ← ↓ → Town Councils Council Tax Each level contains a variety of different organisations and branches of government which help to keep the country and the public services running smoothly and efficiently. The system of government we have in the United Kingdom has two main levels: central government and local government. But we also have regional government and the institutions of the European Union which affect us. Local, regional and central government are all public services because they are paid by the taxpayer. They are democratic because the public can choose the people who run central and local government when elections are held. European Parliament The European Parliament...
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...P1 Responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK * Local * National * European Local: My local council Tameside Metropolitan Borough are responsible for things such as council tax, Planning, Heath and social care, schools and learning, libraries, birth& marriage &death, Transport and recycling. They keep these facilities running so that members of the council and public can use them. Tameside are responsible to tell the public information about transport and their local area, For example: if a bus time has changed they will have the responsibility to let people know the change that has happened. Another responsibility is that Tameside Metropolitan Borough has bins and recycling. They ensure that the local bins are getting emptied and that recycling products are in the right bins so they can be recycled. Tameside Metropolitans Borough is responsible for birth, marriage and death. When someone has been born or died they will have to be registered to get a certificate. This is also the same when people have been married. This is to prove that they have been married, born or died. Tameside council are responsible for health and social. The things they deal with are things like adoption service. They deal with people that either can’t have babies or are just interested in adopting. They look to see if the people that have signed up to adopt a child are suitable for the process. Tameside council are also responsible for planning conservation...
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...Unit 1 P1 “Outline the responsibilities of the different level of government in the UK.” House of Commons – It is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The HoC is part of the legislative process of British Politics. It consists of 650 elected members of Parliament, who represent a board spectrum of political parties. Each MP represents a constituency, which is a localised geographical area. There are two ways in which people get elected, it can happen either during a general election or by-election. A big range of political views and interests are represented in the House of Commons, which enables the ‘House’ to ensure that legislation and decisions are well debated by a variety of different people, which political views differ. HoC has a lot of different roles, MP’s are responsible of debating and passing all laws (legislation), controlling finances, protecting the individuals, examining European proposals, and scrutinises the work of the government, policies and administration. Those roles may have extremely wide impact on the country and public services. House of Lords – It is the upper house, the Second chamber, and is also commonly referred to as “the Lords”. The House of Lords can have a variable amount of members. Currently, there are about 790 members who are eligible to take part in the work of the HoL. Members come from many walks of life and bring experience and knowledge from a wide range of occupations. Majority of them are life peers, which...
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... | |Programme: L3 Public Services | |Assignment Title: Roles and Levels of Government | |Unit Number(s) & Title(s): Unit 1: Government, Policies and Public Services | |Hand out: 10/10/14 |Submission: 5/12/14 | |Criteria reference |To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | |Task no. | |UNIT: 1 | | | |P1 |Outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK. | |1 | |P2 |Describe the role of government departments in relation to public services including their | |1...
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...Unit 1 Government Policies and the Public Services [pic] Assessment Book (Credits 10) | |Eddie Maylor | |Student Name | | |Start of Unit Date |24 September 2012 | |Completion of Unit Date | | | |Unit Tutor: James McQueen | |Group / Course |Diploma in public services | Learning Outcomes • Know the different levels of government I the UK • Understand the democratic election process for each level of government in the UK • Understand the impact of UK government policies on the public services • Be able to demonstrate how government policies are developed Unit Criteria Passed |Pass |1 |2 |3 | | | | ...
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...Unit 1 Government, Policies and the Public Services Learners Name: Assignment Title: 1 Roles and Levels of Government Assessment Criteria: P1,P2,M1 Unit Tutor: Mr Mitchell Assignment Issue Date: 9-9-13 Assignment Due Date: 24-10-13 Unit 1 Government, Policies and the Public Services Assignment 1 Learning Outcomes | 1 | Assessment Criteria | P1, P2, M1 | Assessment method | Powerpoint presentation with supporting written evidence | Suggested Reading 1. Axford B et al – Politics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition (Routledge, 2002) ISBN 0415226422/9780415226424 2. Peele G – Governing the UK, 4th Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 0631226818/9780631226819 Journals 1. Fire 2. Police Review 3. Prison News 4. Soldier Magazines 1. The Economist 2. The Spectator 3. The Week Website 1. 10 Downing Street www.number10.gov.uk 2. Direct Gov – public services all in one place www.direct.gov.uk 3. Euro information from the Treasury www.euro.gov.uk 4. HM Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 5. Home Office www.homeoffice.gov.uk 6. Home Office – Working in the UK www.workingintheuk.gov.uk 7. Information for local government from central government www.info4local.gov.uk 8. Information on policies and standards for e-government www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk.aspx 9. Independent software development and consultancy firm (provides links to central and local government websites) www.tagish.co.uk/links ...
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...Know the different levels of government in the UK P1 - Describe the following bodies involved in governance. Levels of government and their responsibilities: ▪ European Parliament, The European Parliament handles decisions, which would affect the countries, which are members of the EU; these issues include the environment, equal opportunities, transport, consumer rights, movement of the workers and goods, etc. Currently there are 72 members of the UK that get directly elected to become part of the European Parliament and their decisions on the issues that come up within the EU will affect all the 27 members states that are part of the EU if the decision is passed by the EU. Some of these decisions also affect issues involving the public services of the member states of the EU, which could cause a lot of problems if they make a wrong decision since they would have a large uproar on their hands. ▪ Central government, The central government is the main layer of government that operates across the whole of the country; the central government is always located in the centre of the country in that country’s capital city and it handles very specific responsibilities that no other group or government can carry out. Some of these responsibilities include signing treaties or certain types of agreements with other nations, making up laws (which would affect the whole country), defending their nation, distribution of the police forces, etc. Our central government is based...
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...describe different things. Interpretations vary, and have led to different conceptual frameworks, programs, implementation and implications. Such differences have invited debates and discussion. This document lists definitions of decentralization, deconcentration, devolution and other related terms used in papers presented at the Interlaken Workshop on Decentralization, 27-30 April 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland. As this is a work in progress, there may be many parts needing improvement/changes. We look forward to receiving your comments and suggestions (L.yuliani@cgiar.org). Decentralization Definitions and descriptions of decentralization used in the papers include: • “Decentralisation is usually referred to as the transfer of powers from central government to lower levels in a political-administrative and territorial hierarchy (Crook and Manor 1998, Agrawal and Ribot 1999). This official power transfer can take two main forms. Administrative decentralisation, also known as deconcentration, refers to a transfer to lower-level central government authorities, or to other local authorities who are upwardly accountable to the central government (Ribot 2002). In contrast, political, or democratic, decentralisation refers to the transfer of authority to representative and downwardly accountable actors, such as elected local governments” (Larson). • “The term decentralisation is used to cover a broad range of transfers of the "locus of decision making" from central governments to regional...
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...P1 Outline the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK UK Parliament ← → Taxes ↓ Welsh Assembly ← → Health → Public Services ↓ → Education Refuse collection ← → Housing Recycling ← ↓ → Town Councils Council Tax These are the different organisations and branches of government which help to keep the country and the public services running smoothly and efficiently. The system of government in the UK has two main levels: central government and local government. But we also have regional government and the the European Union which affect us. The central government is located in the London and run’s the whole country by taking over the most important responsibilities that any other government levels in the UK has. These responsibilities are making new laws, signing agreements with the other nations and also defending the nation. The central government has all these responsibilities because as it’s the main government within the UK, it contains the 3 political institutions which make up parliament...
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...Adam Golembiewski Public Services Level 3 UNIT 1 - GOVERNMENT, POLICIES AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES Task 2 – M1 explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK Unit 1 M2 – explain in detail the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK. The different levels of government are: Local, Regional and National government. Local Government Local Government is also known as ‘councils’ or ‘local authorities,’ there are 4 types of Local government all covering different sized areas. These types of council are: * County councils (council for counties e.g. Nottinghamshire) * Parish council (e.g boroughs like Woodsetts) * Metropolitan council (e.g. London) * Unitary Authorities (e.g. towns, Nottingham) The most important role of a council is the services they provide for citizens. County and Metropolitan councils are responsible for services across the whole of a county or city, like education, transport services, planning, fire and public safety, social care, libraries, waste management and trading standards for their area. Parish (Borough) councils cover a smaller area, often a town or rural area, and are usually responsible for services such as rubbish collection and recycling, council tax collection, leisure services and housing. Unitary authorities are councils that provide one tier of local government and provide all services. This is confusing as they can also be called city...
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...Evaluate the responsibilities of the different levels of government in the UK and explain the electoral process. The electoral process in the UK is based on the 'first past the post' rule. This means that a candidate wins a constituency simply by gaining more votes than any other candidate. However, this does not necessarily mean that the successful candidate received the majority of votes. For example, should four candidates compete, their seat in The House of Commons could be won with as few as 26% of the overall votes cast. Similarly no government elected since nineteen-forty-five has secured over fifty percent of the national vote.1 These results arise because the British electoral system permits minority rule, not simply majoritarianism. The more candidates that stand and the more evenly balanced their support, the fewer votes are needed to win. Ultimately there will always be a mismatch between votes cast and seats won unless every voter supports one candidate, since there is only one seat to win. Each candidate must consent to nomination and must be supported by at least ten registered electors who live in the constituency. There are few prohibitions on candidacy but a potential Roles and responsibilities for climate change in Australia Paper released at the second meeting of the Select Council on Climate Change. Introduction Governments at all levels, businesses, households and the community each have important, complementary and differentiated roles in...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 Identify the purposes of different types of organisation pg.3,4 1.2 Describe the extent to which an organisation meet the objective different stakeholders pg.5 1.3 Explain the responsibilities of organisation and strategies employed to meet them pg.6,7 2.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively pg.7, 8 2.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organisations and their activities pg.8, 9 2.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organisation pg.10 3.1 Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses pg.11 3.2 Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organisational responses using a range of examples pg.12 3.3 Judge how the business and cultural environments shape the behaviour of a selected organisation pg.13 4.1 Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organisations pg.14 4.2 Analyse the impact of global factors on UK business organisations pg.15 4.3 Evaluate the impact of policies of the European Union on UK business organisations pg.15, 16 INTRODUCTION IN THIS ASSIGNEMENT I WILL INDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE TYPES OF ORGANISATION, I WILL EXPLAIN THE RESPONSABILITIES OF ORGANISATION THE ECONOMIC SYSTE. I WILL SHOW THE KEY OBJECTIVES COMPETITION POLICY AND HOW THE MARKET STRUCTURES DETERMINE THE PRICING OF THE...
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...The Organizational Process: Organizing, like planning, must be a carefully worked out and applied process. This process involves determining what work is needed to accomplish the goal, assigning those tasks to individuals, and arranging those individuals in a decision-making framework (organizational structure). The end result of the organizing process is an organization — a whole consisting of unified parts acting in harmony to execute tasks to achieve goals, both effectively and efficiently. A properly implemented organizing process should result in a work environment where all team members are aware of their responsibilities. If the organizing process is not conducted well, the results may yield confusion, frustration, loss of efficiency, and limited effectiveness. In general, the organizational process consists of five steps (a flowchart of these steps is shown in Figure 1 ): [pic] The organizational process. 1 • Review plans and objectives. Objectives are the specific activities that must be completed to achieve goals. Plans shape the activities needed to reach those goals. Managers must examine plans initially and continue to do so as plans change and new goals are developed. 2 • Determine the work activities necessary to accomplish objectives. Although this task may seem overwhelming to some managers, it doesn't need to be. Managers simply list and analyze all the tasks that need to be accomplished...
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...Evaluate the Responsibilities at Different Levels of Government Central government is in charge at a national level, it is positioned in London where the houses of parliament and the House of Lords have many different types of responsibilities. One of their responsibilities is to protect the whole country at a national level. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will make our country a safer place to live in by creating new laws and policies which will help protect the people either from drink/driving laws or smoking ban where they keep you from harm. The bad thing about this responsibility is only a selected few hundred MPs can make the choice and even through the people in the House of Commons are voted in by us, they may not do what is in our best interest and will vote on their principles and beliefs and they could have a bias opinion. An example would be the House of parliament and when they are in session they discuss lots of different issues and reports and in front of the speaker. Our country signs treaties with other countries so we can make deals with each other which are friendly and to help keep the peace and so we can be partners with each other this is also another responsibility. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will keep peace between our countries and there is no fighting going on and the less likely chance we will go to war where there will be death caused by bombs, gunshot wounds and a great deal of injury. In 1992, the...
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...Introduction The relationship between the central government and local governments in China has always been an important issue. Many people believe that the public administration of big countries has a confusing problem that in the formal system, how the policies made by senior policymakers can be implemented by adaptive agents of middle and basic levels (Lin & Liu, 2000). China has the largest population in the world, the authoritarian system and the implementation gap in the field of policy increase the complexity of the problem. Since the end of 1980s, political reform took place under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang, a relatively free political environment existed, thus a nationwide debate of neo-authoritarianism occurred among government officials and intellectuals (Landry, 2008). The collapse of the former Soviet Union made Chinese people again worry about the weakness of central power, the intellectual field even began to doubt the long-term vitality of communist countries. Therefore, after the Tiananmen Square protests calmed down, Central government of China tightened its control over all provinces through restructuring the cadre appointment system (Brødsgaard, 2002). In this paper, the author will analyze how has the Central government asserted its control over the local governments since the 1990s, and make a critical evaluation of its effectiveness. 2. Central government’s policies on local governments since the 1990s 2.1 First stage: 1990-1993 Since...
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