May appoints Brighton Kemptown MP to Treasury post
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has been appointed to a Ministerial position in the Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has been appointed to a Ministerial position in the Government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Prime Minister, Theresa May telephoned Mr Kirby earlier today to offer him the position.
Mr Kirby said: “I am honoured and humbled to have been asked to become Economic Secretary to the Treasury. I will do my very best to support our Prime Minister Theresa May and her Government and continue to work hard to represent everyone in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven.”
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury is the fifth-most senior ministerial post in the UK Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the paymaster-general and the financial secretary.
He replaces Harriett Baldwin MP and while it is not a cabinet-level post, it has been an important stepping stone on the CVs of many current and recent ministers including Andrea Leadsom MP, Nicky Morgan MP, Sajid Javid MP, Justine Greening MP and Ed Balls.
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