Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution)

Responsibilities

  • Strategic oversight of English local and regional government structures
  • Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions)
  • Local government policy (including the Office for Local Government, stewardship, local audit, and governance reform)
  • Mayoral Combined Authorities and pan-regional bodies
  • Planning casework

Previous holders of this role

  1. Jim McMahon OBE MP

    2024 to 2025