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The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.[1]

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.

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## Key

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| Member of the House of Commons

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| 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

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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
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |  | 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 and a whip)
(unpaid)

## Foreign relations

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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

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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 | Sarah Sackman KC
| 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 | Lucy Rigby
| Advocate General for Scotland | The Baroness Smith of Cluny KC

## Economy

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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
| Minister of State for Investment | The Baroness Gustafsson
(also with DBT)
(unpaid)
| Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | James Murray
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury
City Minister | Emma Reynolds
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Treasury  | Torsten Bell
(also with Work and Pensions)
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 | The Baroness 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
| Minister 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 | Torsten Bell
(also with Treasury)

## Social services

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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)
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 Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health | The Baroness Merron
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | Ashley Dalton

## Environment

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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
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

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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

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Transport

| Secretary of State for Transport |  | Heidi Alexander
| 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

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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 Homelessness and Democracy  | Rushanara Ali
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety  | 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

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ "Frontbench (frontbenchers)". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021. "A frontbencher is either a Government minister or an Opposition shadow spokesperson."

## External links

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* Ministerial Appointments: July 2024
* Ministerial Appointments: 8 October 2024
* https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointment-29-november-2024

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