Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
(Redirected from Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
| 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 and Planning |
| Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | Official Website |
The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, also known as the communities secretary or levelling up secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom.
They are responsible for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.[3] They are a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, seventh in the ministerial ranking.[4]
List of secretaries of state and ministers
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Minister of State for Communities and Local Government[change | change source] | |||||||
| Minister of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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David Miliband[5] MP for South Shields |
5 May 2005 |
5 May 2006 |
Labour | Blair III | ||
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government[change | change source] | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Ruth Kelly[6] MP for Bolton West |
6 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Labour | Blair III | ||
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Hazel Blears[7] MP for Salford |
28 June 2007 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | Brown | ||
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John Denham[8] MP for Southampton Itchen |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Labour | |||
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Eric Pickles[9] MP for Brentwood and Ongar |
12 May 2010 |
11 May 2015 |
Conservative | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) | ||
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Greg Clark[10] MP for Tunbridge Wells |
11 May 2015 |
14 July 2016 |
Conservative | Cameron II | ||
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Sajid Javid[11] MP for Bromsgrove |
14 July 2016 |
8 January 2018 |
Conservative | May I | ||
| May II | |||||||
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government[change | change source] | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Sajid Javid[11] MP for Bromsgrove |
8 January 2018 |
30 April 2018 |
Conservative | May II | ||
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James Brokenshire[12] MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup |
30 April 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Conservative | |||
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Robert Jenrick[13] MP for Newark |
24 July 2019 |
15 September 2021 |
Conservative | Johnson I | ||
| Johnson II | |||||||
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities[change | change source] | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Michael Gove[14] MP for Surrey Heath |
15 September[a] 2021 |
6 July 2022 |
Conservative | Johnson II | ||
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Greg Clark[15] MP for Tunbridge Wells |
7 July 2022 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative | |||
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Simon Clarke[16] 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 Government[change | change source] | |||||||
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Ministry | ||||
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Angela Rayner MP for Ashton under Lyne |
5 July[b] 2024 |
5 September 2025 |
Labour | Starmer | ||
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Steve Reed MP for Streatham and Croydon North |
5 September 2025 |
Incumbent | ||||
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet". parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Cordon, Gavin (2021-09-18). "Michael Gove heads rebranded 'Department for Levelling Up'". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ↑ "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 2022-09-07.
