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Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Royal Arms ofHis Majesty's Government
Incumbent Steve Reed since 5 September 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Style	The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of thePrime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation	5 May 2005: (as Minister of State for Communities and Local Government) 18 September 2021: (as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) 8 July 2024: (as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government)
First holder	David Miliband (as Minister of Communities and Local Government)
Deputy	Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Salary	£159,038 per annum(2022)^[1] (including £86,584MP salary)^[2]
Website	Official Website

TheSecretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is a senior minister in the in theGovernment of the United Kingdom and the head of theMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). As aCabinet-level position, the office holder is responsible forhousing, planning, andlocal government policy in England.

The correspondingshadow minister is theshadow secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.

History

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The Department of Communities and Local Government was created in 2006 by thenBritish prime minister Tony Blair to replaceJohn Prescott'sOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister, which had taken on thelocal government andregions portfolios from the defunctDepartment for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in 2002.^[3]

The secretary of state took over the responsibilities of theminister of state for communities and local government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several functions from the deputy prime minister himself.^{[citation needed]}

Then prime ministerBoris Johnson renamed the position Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and gave the secretary and the department responsibility for carrying out the promise in the 2019Conservative Party manifesto of "levelling up".^[4] Labour prime ministerKeir Starmer renamed the department as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 8 July 2024, retiring the levelling up monicker.^[5]

Responsibilities

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The secretary of state's responsibilities include:

Housing and planning
Local government and English devolution
Regional and local growth
Communities and faith
Democracy and elections

List of secretaries of state and ministers

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Minister		Term of office		Party	Ministry
Minister of Communities and Local Government [edit]
	David Miliband^[6] MP forSouth Shields	5 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair III
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [edit]
Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Ruth Kelly^[7] MP forBolton West	6 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Blair III
	Hazel Blears^[8] MP forSalford	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	Brown
	John Denham^[9] MP forSouthampton Itchen	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown
	Eric Pickles^[10] MP forBrentwood and Ongar	12 May 2010	11 May 2015	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
	Greg Clark^[11] MP forTunbridge Wells	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II
	Sajid Javid^[12] MP forBromsgrove	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	May I
	Sajid Javid^[12] MP forBromsgrove	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	May II
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [edit]
Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Sajid Javid^[12] MP forBromsgrove	8 January 2018	30 April 2018	Conservative	May II
	James Brokenshire^[13] MP forOld Bexley and Sidcup	30 April 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative	May II
	Robert Jenrick^[14] MP forNewark	24 July 2019	15 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson I
	Robert Jenrick^[14] MP forNewark	24 July 2019	15 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson II
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [edit]
Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Michael Gove^[4] MP forSurrey Heath	15 September^[a] 2021	6 July 2022	Conservative	Johnson II
	Greg Clark^[15] MP forTunbridge Wells	7 July 2022	6 September 2022	Conservative	Johnson II
	Simon Clarke^[16] MP forMiddlesbrough South and East Cleveland	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Truss
	Michael Gove MP forSurrey Heath	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [edit]
Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Angela Rayner MP forAshton under Lyne	5 July^[b] 2024	5 September 2025	Labour	Starmer
	Steve Reed MP forStreatham and Croydon North	5 September 2025	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer

Timeline of secretaries of state

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References

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^"Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23"(PDF). 15 December 2022.
^"Pay and expenses for MPs".parliament.uk. Retrieved15 December 2022.
^Knight, Sam (5 May 2006)."Prescott loses his dream home: the mega department".The Times. Retrieved17 May 2021.
^^a ^bCordon, Gavin (18 September 2021)."Michael Gove heads rebranded 'Department for Levelling Up'".www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved19 September 2021.
^"Department ditches 'levelling up' moniker | LocalGov". 8 July 2024.
^"Rt Hon David Miliband". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Rt Hon Hazel Blears". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Rt Hon Greg Clark MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^^a ^b"Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved21 November 2017.
^"Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved30 April 2018.
^"Robert Jenrick replaces James Brokenshire as housing secretary". Inside Housing. Retrieved25 July 2019.
^"The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP @GregClarkMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities".Twitter.com. Retrieved29 July 2022.
^"The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP @SimonClarkeMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc".Twitter. Retrieved7 September 2022.

Notes

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^Still known officially as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021
^Known as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities until official change on 9 July 2024

Secretaries of state for housing, communities and local government

Ministers

Communities and local government 2005–2006	Miliband

Secretaries
of state

Communities and local government 2006–2018	Kelly Blears Denham Pickles Clark Javid
Housing, communities and local government 2018–2021	Javid Brokenshire Jenrick Gove
Levelling up, housing and communities 2021–2024	Gove Clark Clarke Gove
Housing, communities and local government 2024–present	Rayner Reed

v t e Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Headquarters:2 Marsham Street Ashdown House
Ministers	Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Minister of State for Housing and Planning Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Faith and Communities Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government
Executive agencies	Planning Inspectorate Queen Elizabeth II Centre
Non-departmental public bodies	Ebbsfleet Development Corporation Homes England Housing Ombudsman Leasehold Advisory Service Regulator of Social Housing Valuation Tribunal Service Valuation Tribunal for England
Other bodies	Architects Registration Board Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
Category

v t e UK cabinet portfolios
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Cabinet ministers	Prime Minister / First Lord of the Treasury / Minister for the Union / Minister for the Civil Service Deputy Prime Minister / Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Chancellor of the Exchequer Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary Home Secretary Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Defence Secretary Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Justice Secretary / Lord Chancellor Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Health and Social Care Secretary Lord President of the Council / Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Lords / Lord Privy Seal Business and Trade Secretary / President of the Board of Trade Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Work and Pensions Secretary Education Secretary / Minister for Women and Equalities Transport Secretary Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Northern Ireland Secretary Scottish Secretary Welsh Secretary
Also attending Cabinet	Chief Whip / Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury Attorney General for England and Wales / Advocate General for Northern Ireland Minister of State for International Development