Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, and Cabinet minister, responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).[3][4] They are responsible for local government in England.
| United Kingdom Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | |
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| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
| Type | Minister of the Crown |
| Status | Secretary of State |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's Pleasure |
| Formation |
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| First holder | David Miliband (as Minister of State for Communities and Local Government) |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety |
| Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | Official Website |
The office holder works alongside the other ministers in the department. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.
The current minister is Angela Rayner, who was appointed to the role under Sir Keir Starmer on 5 July 2024.[5]
History
editThe Department of Communities and Local Government was created in 2006 by then British prime minister Tony Blair to replace John Prescott's Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which had taken on the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in 2002.[6]
The secretary of state took over the responsibilities of the minister of state for communities and local government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several functions from the deputy prime minister himself.[citation needed]
Then Prime Minister Boris Johnson renamed the position Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and gave the secretary and the department responsibility for carrying out the promise in the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto of "levelling up".[7] Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer renamed the department as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 8 July 2024, retiring the levelling up monicker.[8]
Responsibilities
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Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
- Strategic oversight of department's business
- Minister for inter-governmental relations
- Cross-cutting responsibility for Levelling Up
- Public Appointments[9]
List of secretaries of state and ministers
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Minister of State for Communities and Local Governmentedit | |||||||
| Minister of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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David Miliband[10] MP for South Shields |
5 May 2005 |
5 May 2006 |
Labour | Blair III | ||
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Governmentedit | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Ruth Kelly[11] MP for Bolton West |
6 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Labour | Blair III | ||
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Hazel Blears[12] MP for Salford |
28 June 2007 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | Brown | ||
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John Denham[13] MP for Southampton Itchen |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Labour | |||
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Eric Pickles[14] MP for Brentwood and Ongar |
12 May 2010 |
11 May 2015 |
Conservative | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) | ||
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Greg Clark[15] MP for Tunbridge Wells |
11 May 2015 |
14 July 2016 |
Conservative | Cameron II | ||
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Sajid Javid[16] MP for Bromsgrove |
14 July 2016 |
8 January 2018 |
Conservative | May I | ||
| May II | |||||||
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| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Sajid Javid[16] MP for Bromsgrove |
8 January 2018 |
30 April 2018 |
Conservative | May II | ||
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James Brokenshire[17] MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup |
30 April 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Conservative | |||
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Robert Jenrick[18] MP for Newark |
24 July 2019 |
15 September 2021 |
Conservative | Johnson I | ||
| Johnson II | |||||||
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communitiesedit | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Michael Gove[7] MP for Surrey Heath |
15 September[a] 2021 |
6 July 2022 |
Conservative | Johnson II | ||
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Greg Clark[19] MP for Tunbridge Wells |
7 July 2022 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative | |||
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Simon Clarke[20] MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
6 September 2022 |
25 October 2022 |
Conservative | Truss | ||
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Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath |
25 October 2022 |
5 July 2024 |
Conservative | Sunak | ||
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Governmentedit | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Angela Rayner MP for Ashton under Lyne |
5 July[b] 2024 |
Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | ||
Timeline of secretaries of state
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References
edit- ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Stewart, Heather; Mason, Rowena; Elgot, Jessica (6 October 2021). "Michael Gove to push homebuilding in the north of England". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP".
- ^ Knight, Sam (5 May 2006). "Prescott loses his dream home: the mega department". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b Cordon, Gavin (18 September 2021). "Michael Gove heads rebranded 'Department for Levelling Up'". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Department ditches 'levelling up' moniker | LocalGov". 8 July 2024.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Rt Hon David Miliband". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon Hazel Blears". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Rt Hon Greg Clark MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Robert Jenrick replaces James Brokenshire as housing secretary". Inside Housing. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP @GregClarkMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP @SimonClarkeMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc". Twitter. Retrieved 7 September 2022.