Darren Jones MP
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Biography
Darren Jones was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Bristol North West in June 2017.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Chief Secretary (CST) is responsible for public expenditure, including:
- spending reviews and strategic planning
- in-year spending control
- public sector pay and pensions
- Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) and welfare reform
- efficiency and value for money in public service
- procurement
- capital investment
- infrastructure spending
- housing and planning
- spending issues related to trade
- transport policy, including HS2, Crossrail 2, Roads, Network Rail, Oxford/Cambridge corridor
- Treasury interest in devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- women in the economy
- skills, labour market policy and childcare policy, including tax free childcare
- tax credits policy
- housing and planning
- legislative strategy
- state pensions/ pensioner benefits
- freeports – with support from EST on customs aspects .