HM Government

His Majesty's Government
Central government
Royal Arms version used by the Government as of January 2025
Overview
Established	28 July 2018
State	Empire of Great Britain
Leader	Prime Minister (The 2nd Duke of Cambridge)
Appointed by	Sovereign of Great Britain (George VII)
Main organ	Cabinet of Great Britain
Ministries	8 ministerial departments
Responsible to	Parliament of Great Britain
Annual budget	~£318,450
Headquarters	10 Downing Street, London
Website	https://gbi.freeforums.net/#category-6

His Majesty's Government (abbreviated to HM Government, and commonly known as the Government of the Empire of Great Britain) is the executive authority of the Empire of Great Britain. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Great Britain (currently William Somerset, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, since 6 January 2025) who selects all the other ministers. The prime minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet.

Ministers of the Crown are responsible to the House of Commons; they may make statements in that House and take questions from all parliamentarians and citizens. The government is dependent on Parliament to make primary legislation, and general elections are held every nine weeks (at most) to elect a new House of Commons, unless the prime minister advises the monarch to dissolve Parliament, in which case an election may be held sooner. After an election, the monarch selects as prime minister the leader of the party most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons, usually by possessing a majority.

In the Executive Act 2024, executive authority lies with the Sovereign; however, that authority is delegated to the Prime Minister. In most cases, the cabinet exercises power directly as leaders of the government departments.

The government is sometimes referred to by the metonym of 10 Downing Street, as the office of the Prime Minister, or Whitehall, where the offices are located.