Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)

Organisations: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Responsibilities

• Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions) 
• Local government policy (including stewardship, local audit, and governance reform) 
• Local government reorganisation 
• Homelessness and rough sleeping 
• Supported housing and domestic abuse 
• Resettlement 
• Planning casework

Previous holders of this role

1. Alison McGovern MP

   2025 to 2026

Announcements

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• Woking Borough Council: Ministerial response to Commissioners’ seventh report
  • 15 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Spelthorne Borough Council: Letter to the Leader of the Council (15 July 2026)
  • 15 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Nottingham City Council: Letter to Council Leader (15 July 2026)
  • 15 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Woking Borough Council: Letter to the Leader of the Council (15 July 2026)
  • 15 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Spelthorne Borough Council: Ministerial response to Commissioners’ second report
  • 15 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Local Audit Office chair: appointment
  • 01 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed
  • 28 June 2026
  • Press release
• Free flu jabs for people experiencing homelessness
  • 11 June 2026
  • Press release
• Councils to be prevented from making risky investments
  • 28 May 2026
  • Press release
• Local Audit Office Chair: the government’s preferred candidate
  • 26 May 2026
  • Correspondence

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