United Kingdom Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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since 5 July 2024 | |
His Majesty's Treasury | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Reports to | Chancellor of the Exchequer Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 8 October 1961 |
First holder | Henry Brooke |
Salary | £121,326 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
Website | Official Website |
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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is always a full member or attendee of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor.[citation needed]
The minister is shadowed by the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.