Gordon Brown succeeded Blair as Prime Minister after Brown's long tenure as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.Although viewed in the media as somewhat personally close, Blair later wrote in his autobiography A Journey that a "maddening" Brown effectively blackmailed him while he was in 10 Downing Street. Blair accused Brown of orchestrating the investigation into the Cash-for …

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work: May 2021–present Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: Rachel Reeves: Leeds West: May 2021–present Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: David Lammy: Tottenham: Nov 2021–present

Shadow Minister Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition Leader of the Labour Party: The Rt Hon. James Callaghan: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt Hon. Michael Foot: Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt Hon. Denis Healey: Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ...

Early life. Born in Dunston, Staffordshire, Thorneycroft was the son of Major George Edward Mervyn Thorneycroft and Dorothy Hope Franklyn.He was the grandson of Sir William Franklyn and nephew of Sir Harold Franklyn. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 29 August …

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial post in the British Treasury, ranked below the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Paymaster General and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and alongside the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.It ranks at Parliamentary Secretary level and is not a …

The Government frontbench in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, also known as the Treasury Bench, consists of the Cabinet and all other ministers.. Parliamentary opposition to the Government frontbench is provided by the Official Opposition frontbench, the Liberal Democrat frontbench team (when not in government), and the Scottish National Party frontbench team.

The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, ... and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1857 a vice-president was appointed who took responsibility for policy. On 1 April 1900, the Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the committee and instituted a new board, headed by a president. The members were ...

Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary since 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2015. She served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, …

Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a mid-level ministerial post in the British Treasury.It is the fifth most significant ministerial role within the Treasury after the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and the Paymaster General.It has attended Cabinet in the past.. The incumbent as of September 2021 is Lucy Frazer, who ...