Editing Chief Secretary to the Treasury (section)

{{Short description|Senior minister in His Majesty's Treasury}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br> Chief Secretary to the Treasury
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = [[Royal Arms]] of [[His Majesty's Government]]
| image = Darren Jones Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Darren Jones]]
| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024
| department = [[His Majesty's Treasury]]
| style = [[The Right Honourable]]
| reports_to = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| nominator = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]<br />{{small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| first = [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]
| formation = 8 October 1961
| salary = £121,326 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £86,584 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chief-secretary-to-the-treasury|Official Website}}
| body = 
}}
{{PoliticsUK}}
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 always 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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

The minister is shadowed by the [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] who sits on the [[Official Opposition frontbench]].