Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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The chief secretary to the treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is usually a full member or attendee of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office was created in 1961 to share the burden of representing HM Treasury with the chancellor. The minister is shadowed by the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury who sits on the Official Opposition frontbench.

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