Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Responsibilities
Current role holder
The Rt Hon James Murray MP
James Murray was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General on 21 July 2026.
He was previously Secretary of State for Health and Social Care between 14 May 2026 and 20 July 2026, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1 September 2025 to 14 May 2026. He previously held the office of Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, having been shadow Financial Secretary for three and a half years before that.
He has served as the Member of Parliament for Ealing North since 2019.
He is a member of the Labour and Co-operative parties and served as the Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development from 2016 to 2019.
Prior to being appointed Deputy Mayor, he served as a councillor for a decade, including six years as executive member for housing and development from 2010 to 2016.
Earlier in his career, he worked in a management consultancy.
Previous holders of this role
Lord Livermore
2024 to 2026
Nigel Huddleston MP
2023 to 2024
The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP
2022 to 2023
Andrew Griffith MP
2022 to 2022
The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC
2021 to 2022
The Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP
2019 to 2021
The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
2017 to 2019
Jane Ellison
2016 to 2017
The Rt Hon David Gauke
2014 to 2016
The Rt Hon Baroness Nicky Morgan
2014 to 2014
The Rt Hon Sajid Javid
2013 to 2014
The Rt Hon Greg Clark
2012 to 2013
Mark Hoban
2010 to 2012