Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for Housing, Communities and Local Government
United Kingdom; Secretary of State ; for Housing, Communities and Local Government
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Steve Reed; since 5 September 2025
	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Style	The Right Honourable; (within the UK and Commonwealth)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet; Privy Council;
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	The Prime Minister
Appointer	The Monarch; (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation	5 May 2005:; (as Minister of State for Communities and Local Government); 18 September 2021:; (as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities); 8 July 2024:; (as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government);
First holder	David Miliband; (as Minister of State for Communities and Local Government)
Deputy	Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Salary	£159,038 per annum (2022); (including £86,584 MP salary)
Website	Official Website

The secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, also known as the communities secretary or levelling up secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom.

They are responsible for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.^[3] They are a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, seventh in the ministerial ranking.^[4]

List of secretaries of state and ministers

Minister of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry

	David Miliband^[5] MP for South Shields	5 May 2005	5 May 2006	Labour	Blair III

Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Ruth Kelly^[6] MP for Bolton West	6 May 2006	28 June 2007	Labour	Blair III
	Hazel Blears^[7] MP for Salford	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	Brown
	John Denham^[8] MP for Southampton Itchen	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Brown
	Eric Pickles^[9] MP for Brentwood and Ongar	12 May 2010	11 May 2015	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
	Greg Clark^[10] MP for Tunbridge Wells	11 May 2015	14 July 2016	Conservative	Cameron II
	Sajid Javid^[11] MP for Bromsgrove	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	May I
	Sajid Javid^[11] MP for Bromsgrove	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Conservative	May II

Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Sajid Javid^[11] MP for Bromsgrove	8 January 2018	30 April 2018	Conservative	May II
	James Brokenshire^[12] MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup	30 April 2018	24 July 2019	Conservative	May II
	Robert Jenrick^[13] MP for Newark	24 July 2019	15 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson I
	Robert Jenrick^[13] MP for Newark	24 July 2019	15 September 2021	Conservative	Johnson II

Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Michael Gove^[14] MP for Surrey Heath	15 September^[a] 2021	6 July 2022	Conservative	Johnson II
	Greg Clark^[15] MP for Tunbridge Wells	7 July 2022	6 September 2022	Conservative	Johnson II
	Simon Clarke^[16] MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Truss
	Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative	Sunak

Secretary of State		Term of office		Party	Ministry
	Angela Rayner MP for Ashton under Lyne	5 July^[b] 2024	5 September 2025	Labour	Starmer
	Steve Reed MP for Streatham and Croydon North	5 September 2025	Incumbent	Labour	Starmer

Notes

↑ Still known officially as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021
↑ Known as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities until official change on 9 July 2024

References

↑ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
↑ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
↑ "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet". parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
↑ "Rt Hon David Miliband". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Rt Hon Hazel Blears". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Rt Hon Greg Clark MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
1 2 "Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
↑ "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
↑ "Robert Jenrick replaces James Brokenshire as housing secretary". Inside Housing. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
↑ Cordon, Gavin (2021-09-18). "Michael Gove heads rebranded 'Department for Levelling Up'". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
↑ "The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP @GregClarkMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
↑ "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP @SimonClarkeMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[15] Still known officially as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government until 19 September 2021

[18] Known as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities until official change on 9 July 2024

[1] "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.

[2] "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] "Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[4] "Her Majesty's Government: The Cabinet". parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[5] "Rt Hon David Miliband". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[6] "Ruth Kelly". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[7] "Rt Hon Hazel Blears". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[8] "Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[9] "Rt Hon Sir Eric Pickles". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[10] "Rt Hon Greg Clark MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[Javid-11] 1 2 "Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[12] "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[13] "Robert Jenrick replaces James Brokenshire as housing secretary". Inside Housing. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[:0-14] Cordon, Gavin (2021-09-18). "Michael Gove heads rebranded 'Department for Levelling Up'". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[16] "The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP @GregClarkMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[:1-17] "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP @SimonClarkeMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

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