Today the Prime Minister is bolstering the Downing Street
operation as this government delivers on the country's
priorities: growth people feel in their pockets, secure borders,
and getting the NHS back on its feet.
The return of parliament marks a new term and a ramping up of the
next phase of this government's domestic agenda– relentless
delivery on our Plan for Change.
The Prime Minister has today appointed Rt Hon MP as the Chief Secretary
(Minister of State) to the Prime Minister and No10 Downing
Street.
The Chief Secretary role is a new appointment which will work
collaboratively across UK Government to drive forward progress in
key policy areas, reporting directly to the Prime Minister.
The Ministerial role, based within No10 Downing Street, will
directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery
of the Prime Minister's priorities and the Government's Plan for
Change.
The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (Minister of State)
will attend Cabinet.
In addition, the Prime Minister has directly appointed as his Chief Economic
Advisor to support the Prime Minister on economic affairs. This
role and the additional expertise will support the Government to
go further and faster in driving economic growth and raising
living standards for all.
Baroness (Minouche) Shafik is a world leading economist, whose
career has straddled public policy and academia.
She served as the Permanent Secretary of the UK's Department for
International Development, Deputy Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fund and Deputy Governor of the Bank of
England, where she sat on the monetary, financial and prudential
policy committees.
She was also President and Vice Chancellor of the London School
of Economics and Columbia University and taught at the Wharton
Business School and Georgetown University.
She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the
Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2015 and became a crossbench
peer in the House of Lords in 2020.
Background:
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is a direct ministerial
appointment by the Prime Minister.
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Daniel York-Smith has been appointed as the Prime
Minister's Principal Private Secretary, as Nin Pandit remains
within the No10 team and turns to leading a newly reformed
Downing Street Delivery Team.
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Tim Allan has been appointed as the Government's Executive
Director of Communications, based in No10, working alongside
Director of Communications .
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The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff will take on the
expanded and additional responsibilities of overall oversight
of Policy and Delivery within Downing Street.
