Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Responsibilities
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (EST) is the City Minister and is responsible for financial services policy, reform and regulation. She is also responsible for some specific elements of tax policy. EST also supports the Chancellor on multilateral international policy and engagement. Â
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Specific financial services responsibilities include:Â
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Engagement with the financial services sectorÂ
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Financial conduct and financial stability, including relationships with the FCA and PRAÂ
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Competitiveness and growth of the financial services sectorÂ
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Banking and consumer creditÂ
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Insurance and pensions marketsÂ
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Financial inclusion and capabilityÂ
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Sustainable financeÂ
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Fintech, digitalisation and cryptoassetsÂ
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International financial services policyÂ
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Cash and Payments including Royal MintÂ
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Elements of tax policy including financial services tax, ISAs and savings tax Â
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Financial sanctions and countering economic crime, including the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)Â
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Supporting the Chancellor on international policy work, including:Â
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Multilateral development banksÂ
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Ukraine – financing, sanctions, economic pressure Â
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G20 presidency planningÂ
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Women in Finance, Women in the economy and the gender pay gap Â
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The Treasury’s interest in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies issues
Current role holder
The Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP
Lucy Rigby MP was appointed as Minister of State (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) in HM Treasury on 21 July 2026.
She was previously Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 14 May 2026 to 21 July 2026, Parliamentary Secretary (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) at HM Treasury from 6 September 2025 to 14 May 2026 and Solicitor General between 2 December 2024 and 6 September 2025.
She was elected as the MP for Northampton North in July 2024.
Previous holders of this role
Rachel Blake MP
2026 to 2026
The Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP
2025 to 2026
The Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP
2025 to 2025
Tulip Siddiq MP
2024 to 2025
Bim Afolami MP
2023 to 2024
Andrew Griffith MP
2022 to 2023
Richard Fuller MP
2022 to 2022