British Government frontbench

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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	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


Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union		Sir Keir Starmer
Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster		Darren Jones
Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations)		Nick Thomas-Symonds^[3]
Minister of State (Minister for Security) (jointly with Home Office)	Dan Jarvis^[4]
Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio)		Anna Turley
Parliamentary Secretary	Chris Ward
	Satvir Kaur
	James Frith (also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
	Ruth Anderson, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (also Baroness in Waiting)


Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs		Yvette Cooper
Minister of State (International Development and Africa)		The Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State (Europe, North America and Overseas Territories)	Stephen Doughty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan)	Hamish Falconer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific)	Seema Malhotra (also Minister for Equalities)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean)	Chris Elmore


Secretary of State for Defence		John Healey
Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry)	Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Minister for the House of Lords)	The Lord Coaker
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces)	Alistair Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People)	Louise Sandher-Jones


Secretary of State for the Home Department		Shabana Mahmood
Minister of State (Minister for Security) (jointly with Cabinet Office)	Dan Jarvis^[4]
Minister of State (Lords Minister)		The Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime)	Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum)	Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls)	Jess Phillips
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Migration and Citizenship)	Mike Tapp

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Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice		David Lammy
Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending	The Lord Timpson
Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services	Sarah Sackman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls	Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Lords Minister	The Baroness Levitt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International	Jake Richards (also Assistant Whip)

Attorney General's Office
	Attorney General		The Lord Hermer
	Solicitor General		Ellie Reeves


Chancellor of the Exchequer		Rachel Reeves
Chief Secretary to the Treasury		James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	The Lord Livermore
Minister of State (Minister for Investment) (jointly with Department for Business and Trade)	The Lord Stockwood
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury	Daniel Tomlinson
Economic Secretary to the Treasury	Lucy Rigby
Parliamentary Secretary	Torsten Bell (also Minister for Pensions)


Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade		Peter Kyle
Minister of State (Minister for Investment) (jointly with HM Treasury)	The Lord Stockwood
Minister of State (Minister for Trade)	Sir Chris Bryant
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation)	Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection)	Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy) (jointly with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)	The Baroness Lloyd of Effra (also Baroness in Waiting)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry) (jointly with Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)	Chris McDonald


Secretary of State for Work and Pensions		Pat McFadden
Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability) (jointly with Department for Education)		Sir Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Minister for Employment)		Dame Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Minister for Skills) (jointly with Department for Education)		The Baroness Smith of Malvern (also Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities))
Minister of State (Minister for Lords)	The Baroness Sherlock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)	Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)	Torsten Bell (also Parliamentary Secretary in the Treasury)


Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities		Bridget Phillipson
Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)	Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities), Minister of State (Minister for Skills) (jointly with Department for Work and Pensions)		The Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability) (jointly with Department for Work and Pensions)		Sir Stephen Timms
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)	Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)	Seema Malhotra (also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific))


Secretary of State for Health and Social Care		Wes Streeting
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)	Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Care	Stephen Kinnock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women's Health and Mental Health	The Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Sharon Hodgson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety	Zubir Ahmed


Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Emma Reynolds
Minister of State (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs)	Dame Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding)	Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature)	Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals)	The Baroness Hayman of Ullock


Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero		Ed Miliband
Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear) (jointly with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)	The Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Minister for Energy)	Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)	The Lord Whitehead
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate)	Katie White
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Consumers)	Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry) (jointly with Department for Business and Trade)	Chris McDonald


Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology		Liz Kendall
Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear) (jointly with Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)	The Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Minister for Digital Government and Data)		Ian Murray (also Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy) (jointly with Department for Business and Trade)	The Baroness Lloyd of Effra (also Baroness in Waiting)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety)	Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	James Frith (also Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office)


Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport		Lisa Nandy
Minister of State (Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts)		Ian Murray (also Minister for Digital Government and Data)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth)	Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister)	The Baroness Twycross (also Baroness in Waiting)


Secretary of State for Transport		Heidi Alexander
Minister of State (Minister for Rail)	The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads and Buses)	Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Local Transport)	Lilian Greenwood (also Junior Lord of the Treasury)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation)	Keir Mather


Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government		Steve Reed
Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)	Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)	Alison McGovern
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government)	The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (also Baroness in Waiting)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Devolution, Faith and Communities)	Miatta Fahnbulleh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy)	Samantha Dixon

Northern Ireland Office
	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland		Hilary Benn
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Matthew Patrick

Scotland Office
	Secretary of State for Scotland		Douglas Alexander
	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Kirsty McNeill


Secretary of State for Wales		Jo Stevens
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Anna McMorrin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State	Claire Hughes (also Assistant Whip)


Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons		Sir Alan Campbell
Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords		The Baroness Smith of Basildon
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	The Lord Collins of Highbury (also Lord in Waiting)


Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)		Jonathan Reynolds
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip)		Sir Mark Tami
Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)	Sir Nic Dakin
Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip)	Nesil Caliskan
Junior Lords of the Treasury (Government Whips)	Christian Wakeford
	Stephen Morgan
	Lilian Greenwood (also Minister for Local Transport)
	Gen Kitchen
	Taiwo Owatemi
Assistant Whips, House of Commons
	Mark Ferguson
	Imogen Walker
	Gregor Poynton
	Jade Botterill
	Deirdre Costigan
	Claire Hughes (also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Wales Office)
	Jake Richards (also Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International)


Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Lords Chief Whip)		The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (Lords Deputy Chief Whip)	The Baroness Wheeler
Baronesses and Lords in Waiting (Government Whips)	The Lord Collins of Highbury^[5] (also Deputy Leader of the House of Lords)
	The Lord Lemos
	The Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
	The Lord Katz
	The Baroness Lloyd of Effra (also Minister for Digital Economy)
	The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (also Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government)
	The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (also Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office)
	The Baroness Twycross (also Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister)
	The Lord Leong
	The Baroness Blake of Leeds