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Assistant Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff: [5] [6] Major-General Laurence Carr (1939–1940) Major-General Arthur Percival (Apr 1940 – Jul 1940) Major-General Desmond Anderson (May 1940 – Jul 1940) Lieutenant-General Gordon Macready (Oct 1940 – Jun 1942) Major-General Daril Watson (Jun 1942 – Dec 1942)
The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99% at age 15 and above) is attributable to universal state education, introduced at the primary level in 1870 (Scotland 1872, free 1890) and at the secondary level in 1900. Parents are obliged to have their children educated from the ages of 5 to 16 years. In England, 16–17-year olds should remain in education, employment or training (for example, in ...
In the United Kingdom, public holidays are days on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. Many retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays, Easter and Christmas Day in England and Wales and on New Year's Day and Christmas Day in Scotland.
The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the opposition Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179-seat majority and a total of 418 seats. This was the first victory for the Labour party in a general election ...
United Kingdom. / 51.500°N 0.117°W / 51.500; -0.117. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, often shortened to the United Kingdom (or UK ), or just Britain, is a sovereign country in Western Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy of four countries which were once separate: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 introduced fixed-term Parliaments to the United Kingdom, with elections scheduled every five years since the general election on 7 May 2015. This removed the power of the Prime Minister , using the royal prerogative , to dissolve Parliament before its five-year maximum length. [19]
