Ministerial role
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Organisations:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Current role holder:
The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
Responsibilities
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Strategic Oversight of Department’s Business and Policy, including:
- Housing and planning
- Local government and English devolution
- Regional and local growth
- Communities and faith
- Democracy and elections
- Public Appointments
- Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping, including:
- Chair, Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping
- Cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
Angela Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Deputy Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in May 2015.