Summary The PM and Cabinet - Entire Topic Notes

A full presentation on the PM and Cabinet Topic of the AQA A level Politics Course. Includes follow up questions, test yourself! Covers specification points 3.1.1.3 The Prime Minister and cabinet Key concepts and terminology: core executive prime minister primus inter pares cabinet inner cabinet cabinet committee individual and collective responsibility accountability. Focus Students should analyse and evaluate: How policy is made The relationship between Prime Minister and cabinet The difference between individual and collective responsibility. Examples might include: Resignation of Sir Thomas Dugdale – Crichel Down (1954) Resignation of Iain Duncan Smith over Welfare Reforms (2016) Two examples that demonstrate the power of the Prime Minister and cabinet to dictate events and determine policy making. One example must be from 1945‒1997. The second example must be from 1997 to the present. Examples might include: Introduction of poll tax (1990) Invasion of Iraq (2003) Government/parliament relations – accountability/interest.