U.K. Government

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United Kingdom Government (as of 17 February 2026)

In the United Kingdom, His Majesty’s Government (often “the UK Government”) is the executive authority that directs national policy and administers public services. It is formed by the party (or coalition) able to command confidence in the House of Commons, and is led by the Prime Minister.

Current leadership

• Monarch (head of state): King Charles III
• Prime Minister (head of government): Sir Keir Starmer MP (gov.uk)

Governing party

• Labour Party, leading a majority government (the Starmer ministry) (en.wikipedia.org)

Cabinet ministers (principal members of the UK Government)

From the UK Government’s current list of Cabinet ministers: (gov.uk)

• Sir Keir Starmer MP — Prime Minister; First Lord of the Treasury; Minister for the Civil Service; Minister for the Union
• David Lammy MP — Deputy Prime Minister; Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
• Rachel Reeves MP — Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Yvette Cooper MP — Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
• Shabana Mahmood MP — Secretary of State for the Home Department
• Pat McFadden MP — Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Darren Jones MP — Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Minister for Intergovernmental Relations; Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister
• John Healey MP — Secretary of State for Defence
• Wes Streeting MP — Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Bridget Phillipson MP — Secretary of State for Education; Minister for Women and Equalities
• Ed Miliband MP — Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Steve Reed MP — Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Peter Kyle MP — Secretary of State for Business and Trade; President of the Board of Trade
• Liz Kendall MP — Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Heidi Alexander MP — Secretary of State for Transport
• Emma Reynolds MP — Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Lisa Nandy MP — Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• Hilary Benn MP — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Douglas Alexander MP — Secretary of State for Scotland
• Jo Stevens MP — Secretary of State for Wales
• Jonathan Reynolds MP — Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
• Baroness Smith of Basildon — Lord Privy Seal; Leader of the House of Lords

Also attends Cabinet

• Sir Alan Campbell MP — Leader of the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council
• James Murray MP — Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Lord Hermer KC — Attorney General
• Anna Turley MP — Minister without Portfolio (unpaid)
• Baroness Chapman of Darlington — Minister of State (International Development and Africa)
• Nick Thomas–Symonds MP — Paymaster General; Minister for the Cabinet Office (gov.uk)

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