Government of Wiltshire

The Government of Wiltshire, formally the Government of the Fourth Wiltshire Republic, is the central government of the Fourth Wiltshire Republic. It is also commonly referred to as the Wiltshirian Government, the National Assembly Government, or the Federal Government.

The government is led by the Prime Minister of Wiltshire, who selects all other ministers. The Prime Minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet. The government ministers all sit in the Wiltshire National Assembly, and are accountable to it. The government is dependent on the Assembly to make primary legislation, and so is elected through the legislation elections which occur following the dissolution of the National Assembly. Following the legislative elections, the President of Wiltshire (currently Gaius Selan) appoints the Prime Minister to form the government. The Prime Minister requires the confidence of the President and the National Assembly.

According to the Wiltshire constitution, executive power lies with the President. However, the President empowers the government to exercise the running of the country. This is done in the name of the President. Members of the cabinet unite with the President's Secretaries to form the Privy Council, a unified advisory council of government ministers, Presidentially appointed secretaries and the Prime Minister.

The current Prime Minister is Mark Edwin who leads a coalition government, comprising the Socialist Party and the Labour Party, which came second and third in the June 3020 Wiltshire Legislative Elections respectively. Mark Edwin took office on June 21, 3020.

Cabinet

The cabinet of the Fourth Wiltshire Republic is the senior advisory and decision making body for the government. Chaired by the Prime Minister, the cabinet is responsible for the execution of government business with members being granted different portfolios. Members of the cabinet are called Ministers. The current cabinet is that of the Edwin Ministry.

The cabinet is a separate body to the President's Privy Council, however, all members of the cabinet are invited to be members of the Privy Council. The Privy Council, in contrast to the cabinet, is the chief advisory board to the President of Wiltshire.

Shadow Cabinet

The largest non-government party in the National Assembly forms the shadow cabinet. Led by the Leader of the Opposition, the shadow cabinet directly scrutinizes the work of ministers in the cabinet and drafts policy proposals to compare directly to that of the government.

The current shadow cabinet was formed by Sonya Inyo when she was elected Leader of the Liberal Conservative Party in June 3020.

Local Government

The Government of Wiltshire is sometimes referred to as the Federal Government, this is due to devolved powers being granted to the 13 local authorities across the 4 cities. In addition, 3 devolved administrations exist in the cities. Below is a breakdown of the structure and major differences.

Local Authorities

There are 13 local authorities. The LAs (local authorities) have the powers to enact primary legislation in the following areas;

• Health and Social Care
• Education
• Social services
• Public services

Notably, the LAs cannot pass primary legislation themselves, and have a direct budget from either the City Government or the Federal Government (depending on location). The Local Authorities have elected councils and elect a Council Leader. There are over a thousand elected councillors across the country.

Breakdown of Local Authorities

Local Authority	City	Party control	Council Leader	Notes
East Washington	Washington	Liberal Conservative	Mark Humes
West Washington	Washington	Liberal Conservative	Tom Robyn
Minevgrad City	Minevgrad	Socialist	Kurt Antonov
Greater Minevgrad	Minevgrad	Socialist	Amera Stinav
Banks Base	Walkerton	N/A	N/A	Controlled directly by Federal Government as a military installation.
Walkerton City	Walkerton	Liberal Conservative	Joel Antwerp
West Arches	Wiltshire	Liberal Conservative	Lucy Granger
East Arches	Wiltshire	Labour	Bryn Walter-Jones
Juneville Central	Wiltshire	Socialist	Hugh Merry
Alphenland	Wiltshire	Liberal Conservative	Peter Lynne
Newton West	Wiltshire	Liberal Conservative	Thomas Snub
Newton South East	Wiltshire	Labour	Chris Johnson
Newton North East	Wiltshire	Liberal Conservative	Penny Johnson

Devolved Administrations

There are three devolved administrations in Wiltshire, that being the city governments of Washington E.R., Walkerton and Minevgrad. Each administration as a city council (in the case of Walkerton the Stadtrat), and an elected Mayor. The notable difference between devolved administrations and local authorities is that the devolved administrations are able to pass primary legislation in the areas;

• Health and Social Care
• Education
• Social services
• Public services

All other areas of legislation are reserved for the federal government. The devolved administration is led by the Mayor. In addition, in Wiltshire (not Walkerton, Washington and Minevgrad) these areas of legislation are controlled by the Federal Government.

Breakdown of Devolved Administrations

City	Mayor	Mayor's Party	Council/Stadtrat control	Notes
Washington	Alberto Siliotti	Labour Party	No overall control	Mayor also serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Minevgrad	Kurt Antonov	Socialist Party	Socialist Party	Mayor also serving as Council Leader for Minevgrad City
Walkerton	Rufus Kaine	Liberal Conservative Party	No overall control