The secretary of state for the Home Department,more commonly known as the Home Secretary,is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office. The position is a Great Office of State,making the home secretary one of the most senior and influential ministers in the government. The incumbent is a statutory member of the British Cabinet and National Security Council.
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). They are responsible for local government in England.
Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005. McFadden has previously held various junior ministerial positions and shadow portfolios in his parliamentary career between 2005 and 2024.
Anthony Edward Timpson,is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire from 2019 to 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
SirKeir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. Starmer has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015,and was Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
The Timpson Group is a British and Irish service retailer that has a number of different brands across its portfolio of 2,100 stores,including Timpson,Max Spielmann,Johnsons The Cleaners,Snappy Snaps,Jeeves of Belgravia,The Watch Lab and Flock Inns.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British Labour Co-op politician who has served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.
Sir Robert James Buckland is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021. He later served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon in 2010,where he served until losing his seat in the 2024 general election.
Angela Rayner is a British politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Housing,Communities and Local Government since July 2024. She has been Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Ideologically she identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left,and has made a political point of her working-class roots.
Maria Colette Caulfield is a former British politician. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women from October 2022 to July 2024.
Alexander John Gervase Chalk is a British politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from April 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheltenham from 2015 to 2024. Chalk has previously served in other positions in the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Defence,and as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Chalk lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats in the 2024 General Election
Justin Piers Richard Madders is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellesmere Port and Neston from 2015 to 2024. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the revised constituency of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough on the 4th July 2024.
Ruth Margaret Cadbury is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth since 2015. She was Shadow Minister for Prisons,Parole and Probation from 2023 but was replaced by James Timpson after the 2024 general election. A former planning consultant,Cadbury previously served on the opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Housing from 2016 to 2017,Shadow Minister for Planning in 2021 and Shadow Minister for International Trade from 2021 to 2023.
John Luther Mercer is a former British Conservative Party politician and former British Army officer who served as Minister of State for Veterans’Affairs from July to September 2022 and from October 2022 to July 2024. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans from July 2019 to April 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,Mercer served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Moor View from 2015 to 2024.
Sir William John Anthony Timpson CBE is a British businessman who is chairman and owner of retailer Timpson.
Eleanor Claire Reeves is a British politician who has served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister of State without Portfolio since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and East Dulwich,formerly Lewisham West and Penge,since 2017. She previously served as Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales from April 2020 to December 2021 and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2021 to 2023.
Darren Paul Jones is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury since July 2024,having served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from September 2023 to July 2024. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North West since 2017,he previously chaired the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee from 2020 to 2023.
The Minister of State for Prisons,Parole and Probation is a mid-level ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice.
Keir Starmer assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition after being elected as leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020;the election was triggered by Jeremy Corbyn's resignation following the Labour Party's electoral defeat at the 2019 general election when Boris Johnson formed a majority Conservative government. Starmer appointed his Shadow Cabinet on 5 and 6 April. He reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet five times:in June 2020,May 2021,June 2021,November 2021 and 2023.
The Starmer ministry began on 5 July 2024 when Sir Keir Starmer was invited by King Charles III to form a government,following the resignation of Rishi Sunak after the general election on 4 July 2024.
