British Government frontbench

This article is about the people currently in the British government. For the people in the previous British governments, see List of British governments. For a list of current and historic ministerial positions, see List of government ministers of the United Kingdom.

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.

Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench and the Liberal Democrat frontbench team.

This article is a list of the frontbench under Sir Keir Starmer; for a full list of current and previous ministers of this government, see Starmer ministry.

Key

	Member of the House of Commons
	Member of the House of Lords
	Member of the Privy Council
Cabinet full members in bold
Cabinet attendees in bold italics

Leader of the Government and Cabinet Office

Leader of the Government
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service		Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC

Cabinet Office
	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		Pat McFadden
	Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General		Nick Thomas-Symonds
	Minister without Portfolio	Ellie Reeves (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	Georgia Gould OBE
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office	Abena Oppong-Asare

Equalities Office
	Minister for Women and Equalities		Bridget Phillipson (also Education Secretary)
	Minister for Women and Equalities		Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Education)
	Government spokesperson for Equalities		The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Foreign Office and Education)
	Government spokesperson for Equalities	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords anda whip) (unpaid)

Foreign relations

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		David Lammy
	Minister of State for Development		Anneliese Dodds (also with Education and Equalities)
	Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories	Stephen Doughty
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific	Catherine West
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, a whip and Equalities) (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan	Hamish Falconer (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean	The Baroness Chapman of Darlington

Defence
	Secretary of State for Defence		John Healey
	Minister of State for Defence	The Lord Coaker
	Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry		Maria Eagle
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces	Luke Pollard
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People	Alistair Carns OBE MC

Law and order

Home Office
	Secretary of State for the Home Department		Yvette Cooper
	Minister of State for Security	Dan Jarvis MBE
	Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum	Dame Angela Eagle DBE
	Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention		Dame Diana Johnson DBE
	Minister of State for Home Affairs		The Lord Hanson of Flint (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls	Jess Phillips
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship	Seema Malhotra (also with Education)

Justice
	Secretary of State for Justice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain		Shabana Mahmood KC
	Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending	The Lord Timpson OBE DL (unpaid)
	Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services	Heidi Alexander
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims	Alex Davies-Jones
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice	The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also a whip) (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing	Sir Nic Dakin (also Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) (unpaid)

Law Officers
	Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland		The Lord Hermer KC
	Solicitor General	Sarah Sackman KC
	Advocate General for Scotland	The Baroness Smith of Cluny KC

Economy

Treasury
	Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury		Rachel Reeves
	Chief Secretary to the Treasury		Darren Jones
	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	The Lord Livermore
	Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	James Murray
	Economic Secretary to the Treasury City Minister	Tulip Siddiq
	Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury	Emma Reynolds (also with Work and Pensions)
	Minister of State for Investment	Poppy Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury) (unpaid)

Department for Business and Trade
	Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade		Jonathan Reynolds
	Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security		Douglas Alexander
	Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones (also with Energy Security and Net Zero)
	Minister of State for Investment	Poppy Gustafsson (also with HM Treasury) (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets	Justin Madders
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports	Gareth Thomas
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and a whip) (unpaid)

Work and Pensions
	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Liz Kendall
	Minister of State for Social Security and Disability		Sir Stephen Timms
	Minister of State for Employment	Alison McGovern
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	The Baroness Sherlock OBE
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transformation	Andrew Western
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions	Emma Reynolds (also with Treasury)

Social services

Education
	Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities		Bridget Phillipson
	Minister for Women and Equalities		Anneliese Dodds (also with Foreign Office and Equalities)
	Minister of State for Skills		The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also with Equalities)
	Minister of State for School Standards	Catherine McKinnell
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education	Stephen Morgan
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families	Janet Daby
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Seema Malhotra (also with Home Office)
	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Wales Office)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology		Peter Kyle
	Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation		The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB FRS
	Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms	Chris Bryant (also with Culture, Media and Sport)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government	Feryal Clark
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety	The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Business and Trade and a whip) (unpaid)

Health and Social Care
	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Wes Streeting
	Minister of State for Secondary Care	Karin Smyth
	Minister of State for Care	Stephen Kinnock
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention	Andrew Gwynne
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health	The Baroness Merron

Environment

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Steve Reed OBE
	Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs	Daniel Zeichner
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding	Emma Hardy
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature	Mary Creagh CBE (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	The Baroness Hayman of Ullock

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Ed Miliband
	Minister of State for Industry	Sarah Jones (also with Business and Trade)
	Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Climate	Kerry McCarthy
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy	Michael Shanks
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Consumers	Miatta Fahnbulleh

Culture

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		Lisa Nandy
	Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism	Chris Bryant (also with Science, Innovation and Technology)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth	Stephanie Peacock
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Gambling	The Baroness Twycross (also a Baroness in Waiting (unpaid)

Transport

Transport
	Secretary of State for Transport		Louise Haigh
	Minister of State for Rail	The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport	Simon Lightwood
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads	Lilian Greenwood
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation, Maritime and Security	Mike Kane

Local and devolved government

Housing, Communities and Local Government
	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Deputy Prime Minister		Angela Rayner
	Minister of State for Housing and Planning	Matthew Pennycook
	Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution	Jim McMahon OBE
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness	Rushanara Ali
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth	Alex Norris
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government	The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also a whip) (unpaid)
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement	The Lord Khan of Burnley

Northern Ireland
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Hilary Benn
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Fleur Anderson

Scotland
	Secretary of State for Scotland		Ian Murray
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Kirsty McNeill

Wales
	Secretary of State for Wales		Jo Stevens
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Dame Nia Griffith DBE (also with Education)

Parliament

House Leaders
	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council		Lucy Powell
	Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal		The Baroness Smith of Basildon
	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office a whip and Equalities) (unpaid)

House of Commons Whips
	Chief Whip Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury		Sir Alan Campbell
	Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household		Mark Tami
	Government Whip Comptroller of the Household	Chris Elmore
	Government Whip Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Samantha Dixon MBE
	Government Whips Lords Commissioners of the Treasury	Sir Nic Dakin (unpaid)
		Vicky Foxcroft
		Jeff Smith
		Anna Turley
		Taiwo Owatemi
	Assistant Government Whips	Christian Wakeford
		Gen Kitchen
		Keir Mather
		Gerald Jones
		Anna McMorrin
		Martin McCluskey
		Kate Dearden

House of Lords Whips
	Chief Whip Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms		The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	Deputy Chief Whip Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Baroness Wheeler MBE
	Lords- and Baronesses-in-waiting	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (unpaid)
		The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (also with Justice)
		The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE (also with Housing, Communities and Local Government)
		The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (also with Science, Innovation and Technology and Business and Trade) (unpaid)
		The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
		The Lord Leong CBE
		The Baroness Twycross (also with Culture, Media and Sport) (unpaid)
		The Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE
		Lord Cryer

See also

• Government of the United Kingdom
• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Official Opposition frontbench
• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)
• Frontbench Team of Ed Davey

External links

• Ministerial Appointments: July 2024
• [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-8-october-2024 Ministerial Appointments: 8 October 2024