Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and Homelessness)
Organisations:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Current role holder:
Alison McGovern MP
Responsibilities
- Local government finance (including local taxation, business rates and local government pensions)鈥�
- Local government policy (including stewardship, local audit, and governance reform)鈥�
- Local government reorganisation鈥�
- Homelessness and rough sleeping鈥�
- Supported housing and domestic abuse鈥�
- 搁别蝉别迟迟濒别尘别苍迟鈥�
- Planning casework
Current role holder
Alison McGovern MP
Alison McGovern was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions between 8 July 2024 and 6 September 2025.
She was elected as the MP for Birkenhead in July 2024.