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First Secretary of State is an office that is sometimes held by a minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom held by the most senior secretary of state. The office is not always in
Louise Haigh Cabinet Office Portrait 2026
Rab Butler in 1963
George Brown 1967
Michael Stewart
The deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom is an honorific title given to a minister of the Crown and a member of the British Cabinet, normally to signify a very senior minister, the deputy leade
First Secretary of State
…The office is not always in use, but is usually the designated deputy of the prime minister making them the second highest ranking minister, unless a Deputy Prime Minister has been appointed. The office frequently serves the same political functions as that of Deputy Prime Minister, and while there have been occasions…
Anthony Eden is often described as Winston Churchill's deputy, though his appointment as deputy prime minister in 1951 was actually rejected by the King.
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Lord Heseltine
Nick Clegg official portrait