Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
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| United Kingdom Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1 September 2025 |
| First holder | Darren Jones |
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The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom reporting directly to the Prime Minister as a part of the Prime Minister's Office within the Cabinet Office. Whilst initially, and briefly, also attending cabinet as a Minister of State, the office holder is now a full member of the Cabinet.
The office was created in 2025 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to work across government departments and support policy delivery.
The office was established as a part of the 2025 cabinet reshuffle under Keir Starmer's premiership.[1][2]
Downing Street said that the new role would be in charge of 'driving forward progress' in key policy areas, and that the office would directly report to the Prime Minister.[3] On 1 September 2025, Darren Jones was appointed as the first officeholder and it was announced that he would attend cabinet;[4] a few days later he was additionally appointed to the offices of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.[5]
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