The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, 14th in the ministerial ranking.
The secretary of state for Scotland, also referred to as the Scotland secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Scotland Office. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, 18th in the ministerial ranking.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (CST) is in practice the second most senior Treasury minister in the United Kingdom. The post nominally ranks as the third most senior ministerial office in the Treasury, after the First Lord of the Treasury and the Second Lord of the Treasury. However, the post of the First Lord of the Treasury is by convention always held by the prime minister, who is only nominally within the Treasury. The office was created in 1961, to share the burden of representing the Treasury with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The secretary of state for transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, 16th in the ministerial ranking.
James Paul Gray, is a British politician who has served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Wiltshire since 1997.
Sir David Roy Lidington is a 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 frontbench of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the Official Opposition. The Opposition front bench provide Parliamentary opposition to the British Government front bench, and is currently the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer since April 2020.
Wesley Paul William Streeting is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2021, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.
Bridget Maeve Phillipson is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Education since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010. She served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021.
Katherine Anne Green OBE is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2020 to 2021. Green served as Chair of the Committee on Privileges and Committee on Standards from 2018 to 2020.
Ed Miliband became Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition upon being elected to the former post on 25 September 2010. The election was triggered by Gordon Brown's resignation following the party's fall from power at the 2010 general election, which yielded a Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition. Miliband appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in October 2010, following the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet elections. These elections were the last such elections before they were abolished in 2011.
The Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet; if the opposition party forms a new government, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new Levelling Up Secretary.
Neil Andrew Warwick Angus is a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the Electoral district of Forest Hill. He was elected in 2010, and subsequently reelected in the 2014 and 2018 elections. Previously holding the shadow portfolios of Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Consumer Affairs, and Assistant Treasurer, as of early 2022, Angus was the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regulatory Reform and Community Safety.
Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2021. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since 2012.
Angela Rayner is a British politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work since 2021. She has been Shadow First Secretary of State, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left.
Louise Margaret Haigh is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport since 2021. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Heeley at the 2015 general election, as the youngest Labour member of that parliament. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2021.
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson is the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats on matters relating to the work of the Home Secretary and Home Office. The office holder is a member of the Liberal Democrat frontbench team. The post exists when the Liberal Democrats are in opposition, but not when they in government, for example during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
The secretary of state for international trade, also referred to as the international trade secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, 12th in the ministerial ranking. Since the office's inception, the incumbent has concurrently been appointed President of the Board of Trade.
In British politics, the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a shadow ministerial position of the Official Opposition that acts as the primary opposition to the equivalent position Financial Secretary to the Treasury, a government minister in HM Treasury. The position is currently held by James Murray.
The Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work is a position in the British Shadow Cabinet, appointed by the Leader of the Opposition. The posts responsibilities are shadowing the work and pensions department alongside the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Minister for Employment. The position is currently held by Angela Rayner, Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne. She was appointed to the role in May 2021 by Keir Starmer.
