Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)
Alison McGovern MP
Biography
Alison McGovern was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between 8 July 2024 and 6 September 2025.
She was elected as the MP for Birkenhead in July 2024.
Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)
- Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions)
- Local government policy (including stewardship, local audit, and governance reform)
- Local government reorganisation
- Homelessness and rough sleeping
- Supported housing and domestic abuse
- Resettlement
- Planning casework