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href="/wiki/2_Marsham_Street" title="2 Marsham Street">2 Marsham Street</a>, London, England and<br />i9, Railway Drive, Wolverhampton, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">£28.1 billion (current) & £3.5 billion (capital) for 2011–12<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Secretary of State responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> MP, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Department executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Healey" title="Sarah Healey">Sarah Healey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Secretary">Permanent Secretary</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/45px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_governments" title="List of British governments">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of government ministers of the United Kingdom">Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">Agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Legislatures_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Legislatures of the United Kingdom">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></b></li></ul> <p>(<a href="/wiki/King-in-Parliament" title="King-in-Parliament">King-in-Parliament</a>)<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crowned_Portcullis.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Crowned portcullis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/50px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/75px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/100px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">King</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Lords_composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Lords" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/100px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/150px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/200px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Speaker" title="Lord Speaker">Lord Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/John_McFall,_Baron_McFall_of_Alcluith" title="John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith">The Lord McFall of Alcluith</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Commons_UK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Commons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/100px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/150px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/200px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="164" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Sir Lindsay Hoyle</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">C</a>)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">59th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)">King-on-the-Bench</a>)</b> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="691" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Reed,_Baron_Reed_of_Allermuir" title="Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir">The Lord Reed</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Deputy President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hodge,_Lord_Hodge" title="Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge">The Lord Hodge</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Justices of the Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Courts of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Governor of the Bank of England">Governor</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Deputy Governor of the Bank of England">Deputy governors</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_currencies" title="List of British currencies">Currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Banknotes of the pound sterling">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Coins of the pound sterling">Coins</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament constituencies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_and_Calling_of_Parliament_Act_2022" title="Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022">Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">UK general elections</a></b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom">1801 co-option</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1802 United Kingdom general election">1802</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832–33</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan–Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Endorsements</b></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Parliament elections (1979–2019)</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Scottish Parliament elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Northern Ireland Assembly elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Senedd elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>UK referendums</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_relations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom">Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_and_Heads_of_Devolved_Governments_Council" title="Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council">Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Nations_and_Regions" title="Council of the Nations and Regions">Council of the Nations and Regions</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">Governance of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_votes_for_English_laws" title="English votes for English laws">English votes for English laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007 Act</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">Mayoral cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">Combined authorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England#Combined_Authority_("Metro")_Mayors" title="Directly elected mayors in England">Metro mayors</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Law of Northern Ireland">Law of Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Act of the Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Scottish statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum on law-making powers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measure of the National Assembly for Wales</a> (1999–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_England" title="History of local government in England">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_England" title="Subdivisions of England">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authorities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Template:Unitary authorities of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts" title="List of English districts">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London Borough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parishes</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_England" title="List of civil parishes in England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historic counties</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland#History" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Northern Ireland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Northern Ireland">Districts</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">Sheriffdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">Council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_council_areas_in_Scotland" title="List of community council areas in Scotland">Community council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="List of civil parishes in Scotland">Civil parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">Shires of Scotland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of Guernsey">Bailiwick of Guernsey</a> <br /></li></ul> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sark" title="Sark">Sark</a></span>)</li></ul></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bailiwick of Jersey">Bailiwick of Jersey</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Islands" title="British Islands">British Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Travel_Area" title="Common Travel Area">Common Travel Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93Crown_Dependencies_Customs_Union" title="United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union">UK-CD Customs Union</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li><li><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></span><br /> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></small></li><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></small></li><li><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a>)</small></li><li><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen" title="British Overseas Territories citizen">British Overseas Territories citizen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_Overseas_Territories_citizens" title="Visa requirements for British Overseas Territories citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policies_of_British_Overseas_Territories" title="Visa policies of British Overseas Territories">Visa policies</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_Act_2002" title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK%E2%80%93Overseas_Territories_Joint_Ministerial_Council" title="UK–Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council">UK-OT JMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Status_of_Gibraltar" title="Status of Gibraltar">Gibraltar sovereignty dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute" title="Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute">Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Foreign relations of the United Kingdom">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign,_Commonwealth_and_Development_Office" title="Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign policy of the United Kingdom">Foreign policy</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom">history</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom">in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_passport" title="British passport">UK passport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_National_(Overseas)_passport" title="British National (Overseas) passport">British National (Overseas) passport</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_citizens" title="Visa requirements for British citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93Crown_Dependencies_Customs_Union" title="United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union">UK–CD Customs Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Visa policy of the United Kingdom">Visa policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_trade_agreements_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom">Free trade agreements</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Australia–United Kingdom relations">Australia</a></li> <li><a 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a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">ministerial department</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a>. 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The department shares its headquarters building, at <a href="/wiki/2_Marsham_Street" title="2 Marsham Street">2 Marsham Street</a> in London, with the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>. </p><p>There are corresponding departments in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a>, responsible for communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers">Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MHCLG's ministers are as follows, with cabinet ministers in bold:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="95x">Minister </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Office </th> <th>Portfolio </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a></b> <small>MP</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Angela_Rayner_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a>,</small> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a> </td> <td>Strategic oversight of the department's business </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_McMahon_(politician)" title="Jim McMahon (politician)">Jim McMahon</a> <small>MP</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Jim_McMahon_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Local_Government_and_English_Devolution" title="Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution">Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution</a> </td> <td>Strategic oversight of English local and regional government structures; <p>Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions); Local government policy (including the Office for Local Government, stewardship, local audit, and governance reform); Mayoral Combined Authorities and pan-regional bodies; Planning casework </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Pennycook" title="Matthew Pennycook">Matthew Pennycook</a> <small>MP</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Matthew_Pennycook_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Housing_and_Planning" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Housing and Planning">Minister of State for Housing and Planning</a> </td> <td>Planning reform and the National Planning Policy Framework (including legislation such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill); Housing delivery including large-scale new settlements programme (New Towns); Brownfield Infrastructure Land and Housing Infrastructure Funds; Housing supply strategy; Homeownership and homebuying process; Homes England and Planning Inspectorate sponsorship; Social Housing and sponsorship of Social Housing Regulator; Affordable Homes Programme; Leasehold and commonhold reform; HM Land Registry and land transparency; Private rented sector; Planning casework </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Norris_(British_politician)" title="Alex Norris (British politician)">Alex Norris</a> MP </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Alex_Norris_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth </td> <td>Local and regional growth, including Local Growth Plans <p>High streets and towns; Community Ownership (including Assets of Community Value and the Community Ownership Fund); Funding delivery and simplification of legacy funding streams (including UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Levelling Up Partnerships); Investment Zones and Freeports; Elections policy and delivery; Resilience, recovery, and emergencies </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rushanara_Ali" title="Rushanara Ali">Rushanara Ali</a> MP </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Rushanara_Ali_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Building Safety and Homelessness </td> <td>Grenfell Community, Tower and Memorial <p>Grenfell Inquiry; Building safety, regulations, Building Safety Regulator and remediation; Homelessness and rough sleeping; Housing quality; Supported housing and domestic abuse; Planning casework </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wajid_Khan,_Baron_Khan_of_Burnley" title="Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley">Lord Khan of Burnley</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Khan_of_Burnley_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Faith, Communities and Resettlement </td> <td>Resettlement; Communities and community relations; Faith; Lords spokesperson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage" title="Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage"> Baroness Taylor of Stevenage</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2,_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg/94px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg/141px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg/187px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Taylor_of_Stevenage_crop_2%2C_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government </td> <td>Lords spokesperson; Housing delivery and strategy engagement; Local Government engagement; New Homes Ombudsman and redress; Net Zero and energy efficiency; Corporate matters; Covid-19 inquiry; Planning casework </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Secretary">Permanent Secretary</a> is <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Healey" title="Sarah Healey">Sarah Healey</a> who took up her post in February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MHCLG was formed in July 2001 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> with the title <b>Office of the Deputy Prime Minister</b> (<b>ODPM</b>), headed by the then <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a>. In May 2002 the ODPM became a separate department after absorbing the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport,_Local_Government_and_the_Regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions">Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions</a>. The ODPM was criticised in some quarters for adding little value and the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Audit_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Audit Committee">Environmental Audit Committee</a> had reported negatively on the department in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 5 May 2006 <a href="/wiki/UK_Cabinet_reshuffle,_May_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Cabinet reshuffle, May 2006">reshuffle</a> of <a href="/wiki/Third_Blair_ministry" title="Third Blair ministry">Tony Blair's government</a>, it was renamed and <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Kelly" title="Ruth Kelly">Ruth Kelly</a> succeeded <a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a> (cabinet-level Minister of State for Communities and Local Government within the ODPM) to become the first <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government</a> at the <b>Department for Communities and Local Government</b> (<b>DCLG</b>). In January 2018, as part of Theresa May's Cabinet reshuffle, the department was renamed the <b>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</b> (<b>MHCLG</b>). In September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> renamed the department yet again, calling it the <b>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities</b> (<b>DLUHC</b>), being more powers outside of just England to manage funds across the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 February 2021, it was announced as part of the government's <a href="/wiki/Levelling_up_policy_of_the_Boris_Johnson_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Levelling up policy of the Boris Johnson government">levelling up policy</a>, that MHCLG would be the first government department to have a headquarters based outside of London. Five hundred posts, including those of senior civil servants, will be moving to <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 February 2021, the then Secretary of State, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a>, announced he was hopeful that staff would be working in <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> by the summer of 2021. He also announced that they were considering building a new office development in or around the city centre to house the new headquarters. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, suggested it should be within walking distance of local newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Express_%26_Star" title="Express & Star">Express & Star</a></i>, where he previously did work experience.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the intention to relocate some 500 members of staff to Wolverhampton, Robert Jenrick officially opened its new Wolverhampton offices at the i9 office development on 10 September 2021. At the opening of the new office development the Secretary of State was joined by the leader of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wolverhampton_Council" title="City of Wolverhampton Council">City of Wolverhampton Council</a> Ian Brookfield and the West Midlands Mayor, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Street" title="Andy Street">Andy Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 July 2022, <a href="/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">most of the ministers responsible for the department resigned</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Pincher_scandal" title="Chris Pincher scandal">Chris Pincher scandal</a>. The secretary of state, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a>, also left the department on the same day, after being sacked for disloyalty by the prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> was reappointed as the secretary of state by the prime minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> on 25 October 2022. </p><p>Following the Labour Party's victory at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 General Election</a>, Angela Rayner was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 5 July 2024. The department reverted to its former name, <b>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</b> on 8 July 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Levelling_Up">Levelling Up</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Levelling Up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Levelling-up_policy_of_the_Conservative_government" title="Levelling-up policy of the Conservative government">Levelling-up policy of the Conservative government</a></div> <p>A Levelling Up Taskforce was formed in September 2021 headed by former Bank of England Chief Economist <a href="/wiki/Andy_Haldane" title="Andy Haldane">Andy Haldane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-standard-20210918_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-standard-20210918-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Levelling Up policy was not initially defined in detail,<sup id="cite_ref-centreforcities-20210617_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centreforcities-20210617-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but would include:<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-20210511_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-20210511-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hocl-20210611_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hocl-20210611-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Investing in towns, cities, and rural and coastal areas</li> <li>Giving those areas more control of how investment is made</li> <li>Levelling up skills using apprenticeships and a £3 billion National Skills Fund</li> <li>Helping the farming and fishing industries</li> <li>Creating up to 10 <a href="/wiki/Free_economic_zone" title="Free economic zone">freeports</a> to help deprived communities</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_State">Secretaries of State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Secretaries of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government" title="Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a> 11 May 2005 – 5 May 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Kelly" title="Ruth Kelly">Ruth Kelly</a> 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Blears" title="Hazel Blears">Hazel Blears</a> 27 June 2007 – 5 June 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a> 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Pickles" title="Eric Pickles">Eric Pickles</a> 12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a> 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> 13 July 2016 – 30 April 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brokenshire" title="James Brokenshire">James Brokenshire</a> 30 April 2018 – 24 July 2019</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a> 24 July 2019 – 15 September 2021</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> 15 September 2021 – 6 July 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a> 7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Clarke_(politician)" title="Simon Clarke (politician)">Simon Clarke</a> 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> 5 July 2024 – <i>present</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The department is responsible for <a href="/wiki/UK_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Government">UK Government</a> policy in the following areas, mainly in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Building_regulations_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Building regulations in England and Wales">Building regulations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_cohesion" title="Community cohesion">Community cohesion</a></li> <li>Community resilience (i.e. flood, natural disaster or severe weather preparedness and recovery)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_devolution" class="mw-redirect" title="English devolution">English devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing" title="Housing">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">Local government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_and_country_planning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town and country planning">Planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_relations" title="Race relations">Race equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_regeneration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban regeneration">Urban regeneration</a> (including The <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a>)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_for_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Office for Local Government">Office for Local Government</a> ("Oflog"), established in 2023, is an office within the department responsible for providing "authoritative and accessible data and analysis about the performance of local government, and support[ing] its improvement".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digitising_planning">Digitising planning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Digitising planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MHCLG teams have been actively supporting digitisation of town planning processes as part of the Levelling Up Mission. Under the "Proptech innovation fund", MHCLG has been funding four rounds of digitisation initiatives within various local councils in England.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bodies_sponsored_by_MHCLG">Bodies sponsored by MHCLG</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bodies sponsored by MHCLG"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_agencies">Executive agencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Executive agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Planning_Inspectorate" title="Planning Inspectorate">Planning Inspectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Centre" title="Queen Elizabeth II Centre">Queen Elizabeth II Centre</a></li></ul> <p>The department also was previously responsible for two other agencies. On 18 July 2011 <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" title="Ordnance Survey">Ordnance Survey</a> was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 28 February 2013 the <a href="/wiki/Fire_Service_College" title="Fire Service College">Fire Service College</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Capita" title="Capita">Capita</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-departmental_public_bodies">Non-departmental public bodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-departmental public bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the delivery functions of the <a href="/wiki/Housing_Corporation" title="Housing Corporation">Housing Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_Partnerships" title="English Partnerships">English Partnerships</a> and parts of the then Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency, the <a href="/wiki/Homes_and_Communities_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Homes and Communities Agency">Homes and Communities Agency</a>. In 2008 the department along with the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Association" title="Local Government Association">Local Government Association</a> produced the National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which led to the creation of nine <a href="/wiki/Regional_Improvement_and_Efficiency_Partnership" title="Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership">Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships</a> (RIEPs) with devolved funding of £185m to drive sector-led improvement for councils. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Devolution">Devolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Devolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Its main counterparts in the <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolved nations</a> of the UK are as follows. </p><p><b>Scotland</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communities_Directorates" title="Communities Directorates">Communities Directorates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learning_and_Justice_Directorates" class="mw-redirect" title="Learning and Justice Directorates">Learning and Justice Directorates</a></li></ul> <p><b>Northern Ireland</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a> (civil resilience, community cohesion, race relations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Agriculture,_Environment_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs">Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs</a> (local government, planning)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Finance_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)">Department of Finance</a> (building regulations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Northern Ireland)">Department of Health</a> (fire services)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Communities" title="Department for Communities">Department for Communities</a> (housing, urban regeneration)</li></ul> <p><b>Wales</b> </p> <ul><li>Welsh Government Department for Local Government and Public Services</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">Budget of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_house" title="Council house">Council house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_British_housing" title="Energy efficiency in British housing">Energy efficiency in British housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_protocol" title="Flag protocol">Flag protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homes_and_Communities_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Homes and Communities Agency">Homes and Communities Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_Resilience_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Resilience Forum">Local Resilience Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Partnerships" title="English Partnerships">English Partnerships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_Corporation" title="Housing Corporation">Housing Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_estate" title="Housing estate">Housing estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Regions of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force" title="Social Exclusion Task Force">Social Exclusion Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Association" title="Local Government Association">Local Government Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Improvement_and_Efficiency_Partnership" title="Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership">Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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/>services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AKT_II" title="AKT II">AKT II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amey_plc" title="Amey plc">Amey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadis" title="Arcadis">Arcadis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Architecture_firms_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Architecture firms of the United Kingdom">Architecture firms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arup_Group" title="Arup Group">Arup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atkins_(company)" title="Atkins (company)">Atkins</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faithful%2BGould" title="Faithful+Gould">Faithful+Gould</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bierrum" title="Bierrum">Bierrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buro_Happold" title="Buro Happold">Buro Happold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capita" title="Capita">Capita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COWI" class="mw-redirect" title="COWI">COWI</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barratt_Redrow" title="Barratt Redrow">Barratt Redrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellway" title="Bellway">Bellway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Group_Holdings" title="Berkeley Group Holdings">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloor_Homes" title="Bloor Homes">Bloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Boot_plc" title="Henry Boot plc">Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cala_Homes" title="Cala Homes">Cala Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crest_Nicholson" title="Crest Nicholson">Crest Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_J_Gleeson" title="M J Gleeson">Gleeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keepmoat" title="Keepmoat">Keepmoat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lendlease" title="Lendlease">Lendlease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarthy_%26_Stone" class="mw-redirect" title="McCarthy & Stone">McCarthy & Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller_Homes" title="Miller Homes">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muir_Homes" class="mw-redirect" title="Muir Homes">Muir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persimmon_plc" title="Persimmon plc">Persimmon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Church_Developments" title="Charles Church Developments">Charles Church</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retirement_Villages" title="Retirement Villages">Retirement Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Wimpey" title="Taylor Wimpey">Taylor Wimpey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Wimpey" title="George Wimpey">George Wimpey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Woodrow" title="Taylor Woodrow">Taylor Woodrow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_Homes" title="Telford Homes">Telford</a></li> <li><a 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Homes (UK housebuilder)">Ideal Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilke_Homes" title="Ilke Homes">Ilke Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_Homes" title="McLean Homes">McLean Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Milne" title="Stewart Milne">Stewart Milne Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbury_(housebuilder)" title="Westbury (housebuilder)">Westbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Leech_PLC" title="William Leech PLC">William Leech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Bowden" title="Wilson Bowden">Wilson Bowden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Integrated<br />construction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Beatty" title="Balfour Beatty">Balfour Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_BAM_Group" title="Royal BAM Group">BAM Construct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAM_Nuttall" title="BAM Nuttall">BAM Nuttall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cementation_Company" title="Cementation Company">Cementation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costain_Group" title="Costain Group">Costain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galliford_Try" title="Galliford Try">Galliford Try</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interserve" title="Interserve">Interserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISG_Ltd" title="ISG Ltd">ISG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keller_Group" title="Keller Group">Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kier_Group" title="Kier Group">Kier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laing_O%27Rourke" title="Laing O'Rourke">Laing O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lendlease" title="Lendlease">Lendlease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mace_(construction_company)" title="Mace (construction company)">Mace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLaughlin_%26_Harvey" title="McLaughlin & Harvey">McLaughlin & Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Sindall" title="Morgan Sindall">Morgan Sindall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Murphy_(contractor)" title="John Murphy (contractor)">J. Murphy & Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_McAlpine" title="Sir Robert McAlpine">Sir Robert McAlpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speller_Metcalfe" title="Speller Metcalfe">Speller Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Group" title="Robertson Group">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Woodrow_Construction" title="Taylor Woodrow Construction">Taylor Woodrow Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilbury_Douglas" title="Tilbury Douglas">Tilbury Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VolkerFitzpatrick" class="mw-redirect" title="VolkerFitzpatrick">VolkerFitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wates_Group" title="Wates Group">Wates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willmott_Dixon" title="Willmott Dixon">Willmott Dixon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_McAlpine" title="Alfred McAlpine">Alfred McAlpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birse_Group" title="Birse Group">Birse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bovis_Construction" title="Bovis Construction">Bovis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Group" title="Buckingham Group">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Bridge_%26_Engineering_Company" title="Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company">Cleveland Bridge & Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clugston_Group" title="Clugston Group">Clugston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connaught_plc" title="Connaught plc">Connaught plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawnus" title="Dawnus">Dawnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorman_Long" title="Dorman Long">Dorman Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollandsche_Beton_Groep" title="Hollandsche Beton Groep">HBG</a> (and <a href="/wiki/Higgs_and_Hill" title="Higgs and Hill">Higgs and Hill</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland,_Hannen_%26_Cubitts" title="Holland, Hannen & Cubitts">Holland, Hannen & Cubitts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarvis_plc" title="Jarvis plc">Jarvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Aird_%26_Co." title="John Aird & Co.">John Aird & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brogden_and_Sons" title="John Brogden and Sons">John Brogden and Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Fairclough_%26_Son" title="Leonard Fairclough & Son">Leonard Fairclough & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linford_Group" title="Linford Group">Linford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Dundas" title="Melville Dundas">Melville Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mowlem" title="Mowlem">Mowlem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauling_%26_Co." title="Pauling & Co.">Pauling & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rok_plc" title="Rok plc">Rok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehane,_Mackenzie_and_Shand" title="Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand">Shand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lindsay_Parkinson_%26_Company" title="Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Company">Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Arrol_%26_Co." title="Sir William Arrol & Co.">Sir William Arrol & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trollope_%26_Colls" title="Trollope & Colls">Trollope & Colls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Suppliers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;background-color:#eee">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aggregate_Industries" title="Aggregate Industries">Aggregate Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artex_Ltd." title="Artex Ltd.">Artex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtead_Group" title="Ashtead Group">Ashtead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedon_Group" title="Breedon Group">Breedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brogan_Group" title="Brogan Group">Brogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buildbase" title="Buildbase">Buildbase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemex" title="Cemex">Cemex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Enterprises" title="Ferguson Enterprises">Ferguson Enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forterra_plc" title="Forterra plc">Forterra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidelberg_Materials_UK" title="Heidelberg Materials UK">Heidelberg Materials UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Cement" class="mw-redirect" title="Hope Cement">Hope Cement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HSS_Hire" title="HSS Hire">HSS Hire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewson" title="Jewson">Jewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingspan_Group" title="Kingspan Group">Kingspan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingspan_Off-Site" title="Kingspan 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