Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
| United Kingdom Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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since 1 September 2025 | |
| 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 |
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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] Darren Jones, appointed as the first officeholder, was to attend cabinet.[4] The role partially replaces the job of Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]
List of chief secretaries 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
References
- ^ "Prime Minister appoints Chief Secretary and Chief Economic Advisor: 1 September 2025". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Darren Jones given new role as Keir Starmer revamps No 10 team". BBC News. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b Parker, George (1 September 2025). "Keir Starmer announces major Downing Street shake-up". Financial Times.
- ^ "Starmer shakes up No 10 with mini-reshuffle as Labour shifts into 'second phase' of government". ITV News. 1 September 2025.