Senior MPs from the second largest party form an alternative cabinet to that of the government and shadow each member of the Cabinet
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Front Bench
All the MPs pictured sitting here on the front bench are cabinet ministers
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Secretary of State
Departmental Heads
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Ministers of State
Non Cabinet ministers in each department e.g. Education
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Parliamentary under secretaries of state
Junior Ministers
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Collective Responsibility
All Ministers expected to support actions and decisions of PM publicly even if disagree privately (Robin Cook - Iraq War)
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Individual Ministerial Responsibility
Convention that if huge mistakes made in a department, the secretary of the department must resign even if not responsible (Lord Carrington - Foreign Secretary - Argentine Invasion)
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Front Bench
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All the MPs pictured sitting here on the front bench are cabinet ministers
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