Ministerial role

Deputy Prime Minister

Responsibilities

Deputises for the Prime Minister, including:

  • On House of Commons business and at Prime Minister바카라 사이트™s Questions
  • Domestically, including official events at which the PM is unable to attend, and chairing meetings or committees in his absence
  • Internationally, at diplomatic events where the PM is unable to attend, and generally acting in support of the 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트™s international agenda.

Supports the Prime Minister on government policy and delivery, and in any other responsibility agreed.

Special responsibility for employment rights and Making Work Pay, including:

  • Chair of the Cabinet Committee on the Future of Work, ensuring cross-government delivery of the 바카라 사이트˜New Deal for Working People바카라 사이트™

Cross-governmental coordination of communities policy, including:

  • Taskforce on community cohesion

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP

Angela Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local 바카라 사이트 and Deputy Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in May 2015.

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