cabinet

• Cabinet is formally a decision-making body but has become a decision approving body through inner cabinets, cabinet office, and cabinet committees
• Traditional view of execuive power

  Power vested in a group of sernior ministers headed by the PM whose members exercise CMR
• Cabinet should meet periodically
• PM in the Cabinet

  Chairs meetings and many of its committees - Sunak chairs 6/11

  Decides agenda

  Appoints Cabinet Committees

  Appoints Cabinet ministers
• Ministerial code


  Authoritative, but not legally binding, guide to the operation of the cabinet system
• Main functions


  Ratifying decisions -> No.11 and PM present budget to Cabinet for approval

  Discussing and deciding on major issues -> May at Chequers

  Monitoring key developments/determining government business in Parliament

  Resolving disputes -> esp important in coalition