Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
Biography
Angela Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 20 July 2026. She previously held the same role between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025 when she was also Deputy Prime Minister. She was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in May 2015.
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Secretary of State has strategic oversight of the Department’s business and policy including: 
- Housing and planning 
- Local government and English devolution 
- Regional and local growth 
- Communities and faith 
- Democracy and elections
- Building safety and remediation  
- Public Appointments  
- Planning casework 
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