Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. According to custom, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are responsible for their actions to Parliament, of which they are members by (modern) convention. The current Prime Minister is Tony Blair (of the Labour Party), who has been in office since 1997. For the complete list of British Prime Ministers, see List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom.

References

• 10 Downing Street. (2004). Official Website.
• Farnborough, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
• Parliament of the United Kingdom. (2004). Official Website.
• Principal Ministers of the Crown: 1730-2005
• {{note|1}} Chapter 12 Blair's Cabinet: Monarchy Returns, British Government in Crisis, Christopher Foster, Hart Publishing, 2005
• {{note|2}} http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12948497&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=SHORT%20ATTACKS%20'OBSESSED'%20BLAIR