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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (CST) is responsible for public expenditure including spending reviews and strategic planning; in-year spending controls; and driving efficiency and value for money.聽聽

Specific areas of focus in relation to public expenditure includes:聽

• Treasury鈥檚 interest in public service reform and delivery聽聽

• Public sector pay聽

• Annual Managed Expenditure including welfare spending聽

• Childcare, including tax free childcare聽

• Infrastructure spending聽

• Digital and technology spending聽

• Treasury interest in devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland聽

• Public Works Loan Board聽

The CST also has responsibility for capital investment, driving private sector investment in infrastructure and value for money on large national infrastructure projects. This includes being the Treasury lead on housing and infrastructure reform, working closely with XST on planning reform. The CST is the responsible minister for the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.聽

The CST is the Chancellor鈥檚 primary deputy and will represent him in key domestic and international meetings where appropriate.

Emma Reynolds MP was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 20 July 2026.

She was Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 5 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.

She was previously:

• Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 14 January 2025 to 5 September 2025
• Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 July 2024 to 14 January 2025

She was elected as the MP for Wycombe in July 2024.