Home Secretary
The home secretary in the United Kingdom is a senior minister of the British Government and the head of the Home Office. Since 5 July 2024, the office has been held by Yvette Cooper. She is responsible for immigration, the police and other matters relating to the safety of the United Kingdom.[1]
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| Style | Home Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (UK and the Commonwealth) |
| Status | Great Office of State |
| Member of | Cabinet Privy Council National Security Council |
| Reports to | The prime minister |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Appointer | The Crown on advice of the prime minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 27 March 1782 |
| First holder | Earl of Shelburne |
| Website | www |
Home Secretary Media
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816)
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George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813)
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3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister in 1783 and from 1807 to 1809. This portrait was donated to the University of Oxford in 1812, and was exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1814.
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- Portrait of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester by Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), after John Hoppner (1758-1810). Published by Samuel William Reynolds.
References
- ↑ "David Lammy New UK Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper Interior Minister". Barron's. Retrieved 5 July 2024.