... 20-25 members selected from 100 government members with a tendency for the number to increase in normal times with the growth of governmental functions and to decrease in national emergencies when the executive power is concentrated in fewer hands. A Cabinet is selected by the Prime Minister from MPs who are serving in the current government. They are picked for reasons of expertise in their field, experience in a Government office, or for their loyalty to their party or Prime Minister. Because the Prime Minister is the one that selects his Cabinet, it is only natural that s/he will choose those who he feels will support him/her. Just as the Prime Minister can select ministers, he can remove them e.g. Scotland Office Minister George Foulkes was reshuffled to the back benches on May 29th 20022. However, the Prime Minister would usually be reluctant to call for a cabinet ministers' resignation whenever ...

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