Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
(Redirected from Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government is a junior position in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in the British government. The this office has been vacant since 5 July 2024 after Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister following the Labour Party's achievment of a landslide victory in the 2024 general election. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is the incumbent Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and along with Keir Starmer, will appoint a minister to fill this office.
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 5 July 2024 | |
| Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | www |
Responsibilities
Minister's Responsibilities formerly included:
- local government finance
- local government policy - including Office for Local Government (Oflog), stewardship, local audit and governance reform
- elections policy and Electoral Integrity Programme implementation
- COVID-19 Inquiry
- planning casework - including Grenfell Memorial decision maker
Ministers
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State for Local Government | |||||||
| Tom King |  | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| The Lord Bellwin | 6 January 1983 | 11 September 1984 | Conservative | Thatcher | |||
| Kenneth Baker |  | 11 September 1984 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| The Hon William Waldegrave |  | 2 September 1985 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| Rhodes Boyson |  | 10 September 1986 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| Michael Howard |  | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| John Gummer |  | 25 July 1988 | 25 July 1989 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| David Hunt |  | 25 July 1989 | 4 May 1990 | Conservative | Thatcher | ||
| Michael Portillo |  | 4 May 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Major | ||
| John Redwood |  | 15 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | Major | ||
| David Curry | 27 May 1993 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | Major | |||
| Hilary Armstrong |  | 2 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Blair | ||
| Minister of State for Local and Regional Government | |||||||
| Nick Raynsford |  | 11 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 | Labour | Blair | ||
| Minister of State for Local Government | |||||||
| Phil Woolas |  | 10 May 2005 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Blair | ||
| John Healey |  | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Brown | ||
| Rosie Winterton |  | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Brown | ||
| Grant Shapps |  | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| Minister of State for Housing and Local Government | |||||||
| Mark Prisk |  | 4 September 2012 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| Kris Hopkins |  | 7 October 2013 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| Brandon Lewis |  | 15 July 2014 | 8 May 2015 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| Marcus Jones |  | 8 May 2015 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | Cameron | ||
| May | |||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government | |||||||
| Rishi Sunak | .jpg) | 9 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | May | ||
| Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth | |||||||
| Jake Berry |  | 24 July 2019[a] | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | ||
| Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government | |||||||
| Simon Clarke |  | 13 February 2020 | 8 September 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | ||
| Luke Hall |  | 8 September 2020 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | Johnson | ||
| Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities | |||||||
| Kemi Badenoch |  | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | ||
| Minister of State for Local Government and Building Safety | |||||||
| Paul Scully |  | 8 July 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | ||
| Truss | |||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety | |||||||
| Lee Rowley |  | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government | |||||||
| Simon Hoare | .jpg) | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | ||
Notes
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