What type of government does the United Kingdom have?
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch's role is purely ceremonial, while an elected Parliament and a prime minister drawn from it hold actual governing authority, operating without a single written constitutional document.
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Sources
- 1.Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: United Kingdom.
- 2.Constitutional Reform Act 2005, United Kingdom.
- 3.Encyclopaedia Britannica. United Kingdom Government and Society.