Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister

United Kingdom Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Darren Jones since 1 September 2025
Prime Minister's Office Cabinet Office
Style	The Right Honourable
Reports to	Prime Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1 September 2025
First holder	Darren Jones

The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom reporting directly to the Prime Minister as a part of the Prime Minister's Office within the Cabinet Office. Whilst initially, and briefly, also attending cabinet as a Minister of State, the office holder is now a full member of the Cabinet.

The office was created in 2025 to work across government departments and support policy delivery.

History

The office was established as a part of the 2025 cabinet reshuffle under Keir Starmer's premiership. ^{[1] [2]}

Downing Street said that the new role would be in charge of 'driving forward progress' in key policy areas, and that the office would directly report to the Prime Minister. ^[3] On 1 September 2025, Darren Jones was appointed as the first officeholder and it was announced that he would attend cabinet; ^[4] a few days later he was additionally appointed to the offices of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations. ^[5]

List of chief secretaries to the Prime Minister

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister

Labour
Chief secretary			Term of office		Party	Ministry	Prime Minister
		Darren Jones MP for Bristol North West	1 September 2025	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer		Keir Starmer

See also

• Chief Secretary to the Treasury

References

1. "Prime Minister appoints Chief Secretary and Chief Economic Advisor: 1 September 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
2. "Darren Jones given new role as Keir Starmer revamps No 10 team". BBC News. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
3. Parker, George (1 September 2025). "Keir Starmer announces major Downing Street shake-up". Financial Times.
4. "Starmer shakes up No 10 with mini-reshuffle as Labour shifts into 'second phase' of government". ITV News. 1 September 2025.
5. "The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP". UK Government. Retrieved 30 December 2025.