United Kingdom

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - the island of Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales

Emergency number

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Official addresses

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The source of the entries below

Form of government: parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Capital: London
Head of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022)
Head of government: Prime Minister Keir STARMER (since 5 July 2024)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
Highest court: Supreme Court (consists of 12 justices, including the court president and deputy president)
Independence: no official date of independence: 927 (minor English kingdoms unite); 3 March 1284 (enactment of the Statute of Rhuddlan uniting England and Wales); 1536 (Act of Union incorporates England and Wales); 1 May 1707 (Acts of Union unite England, Scotland, and Wales as Great Britain); 1 January 1801 (Acts of Union unite Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland); 6 December 1921 (Anglo-Irish Treaty formalizes partition of Ireland; six counties become Northern Ireland and remain part of the UK); 12 April 1927 (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act establishes current name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
National day: the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday

This directory was compiled on 12 October 2026.

Version 1 of this record, last confirmed by the automatic refresh on 12 October 2026. Answerable publisher: United States — Central Intelligence Agency (public domain). Current.

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