Sir David Roy Lidington is a former British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2018 to 2019 and was frequently described as being Theresa May's de facto Deputy Prime Minister.
The Minister of State for Europe,is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom,in charge of affairs with Europe. The Minister can also be responsible for government policy towards European security;defence and international security;the Falkland Islands;polar regions;migration;protocol;human resources;OSCE and Council of Europe;relations with Parliament;British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus;and FCO finance,knowledge and technology.
The Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior official in the United Kingdom Civil Service who acts as principal private secretary to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is traditionally the head of the Prime Minister's Office in 10 Downing Street. In the Civil Service,the role is currently graded as director general.
The office of Downing Street Chief of Staff is the most senior political appointee in the Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,acting as a senior aide to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of the office retains a highly powerful,non-ministerial position within His Majesty's Government.
David George Hamilton Frost,Baron Frost is a former British diplomat,civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.
Nigel Kim Darroch,Baron Darroch of Kew,is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019,and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
Mark Philip Sedwill,Baron Sedwill,is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020. He was previously the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017.
Jeremy John Heywood,Baron Heywood of Whitehall,was a British civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary to David Cameron and Theresa May from 2012 to 2018 and Head of the Home Civil Service from 2014 to 2018. He served as the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1999 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010. He also served as Downing Street Chief of Staff and the first Downing Street Permanent Secretary. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer,he took a leave of absence from June 2018,and retired on health grounds on 24 October 2018,receiving a life peerage;he died a fortnight later on 4 November 2018.
Andrew George Stephenson is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care since November 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire since 2010.
Simon Gerard McDonald,Baron McDonald of Salford,is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He has been the Master of Christ's College,Cambridge since September 2022.
Victoria Mary Prentis,is a British lawyer who has served as the Attorney General for England and Wales since October 2022. Prentis has served as the Member of Parliament for Banbury since 2015. She is a member of the Conservative Party.
Wendy Morton is a British politician who served as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015.
Simon Case is a British civil servant who is the current Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service since 9 September 2020,succeeding Sir Mark Sedwill.
Theresa May's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 13 July 2016 when she accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government after the resignation of her predecessor David Cameron in the aftermath of the European Union (EU) membership referendum,and ended upon her resignation on 24 July 2019. As prime minister,May served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury and as Minister for the Civil Service. May's premiership was dominated by Brexit,terrorist attacks in Westminster,the Manchester Arena and London Bridge,the Grenfell Tower fire,and the Salisbury poisonings.
The Department for Exiting the European Union was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing negotiations relating to Brexit,and establishing the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU. It was formed by the Prime Minister,Theresa May,in July 2016,in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union. The department was dissolved on 31 January 2020 when Brexit took effect.
In the United Kingdom,the Prime Minister's Office supports the work of the Prime Minister in his executive,parliamentary and party-political roles. The office is located in 10 Downing Street and the terms Downing Street and Number 10 are often used as metonyms for the office itself. Technically the Prime Minister's Office is part of the Cabinet Office,although in practice the two are said to be 'organisationally distinct'.
The second May ministry was formed on 11 June 2017 after Theresa May returned to office following the June 2017 snap general election. The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Conservative Party losing its governing majority in the House of Commons. On 9 June 2017,May announced her intention to form a Conservative minority government,reliant on the confidence and supply of the Democratic Unionist Party;a finalised agreement between the two parties was signed and published on 26 June 2017.
Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds is a British civil servant who served as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2022. Reynolds previously served as British Ambassador to Libya under Prime Minister Theresa May and as the principal private secretary to Johnson when he served as Foreign Secretary in May's government.
Boris Johnson served as foreign secretary from 2016 until 2018. As a member of Theresa May's government,Johnson was appointed Foreign Secretary on 13 July 2016,shortly after May became prime minister following the resignation of David Cameron. Analysts saw the appointment as a tactic to weaken Johnson politically:the new positions of "Brexit secretary" and international trade secretary left the foreign secretary as a figurehead with few powers.
The 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the September 2022 resignation of the Prime Minister,Boris Johnson.
