Ministerial role

Deputy Prime Minister

Organisations: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Responsibilities

Deputises for the Prime Minister, including:

  • On House of Commons business and at Prime Minister’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 Government’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 ‘New Deal for Working People’

Cross-governmental coordination of communities policy, including:

  • Taskforce on community cohesion

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP

    2024 to 2025