Who’s Who

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Civil service

• Permanent Secretary: Dame Sarah Healey
• Director General, Regeneration, Housing & Planning: Joanna Key
• Director General, Buildings, Fire & Resilience: Katie Farrington
• Director General Local Government, Growth & Communities: Will Garton
• Director General, Chief Financial Officer: Matt Thurstan
• Director General, Strategy & Communications: Brendan Threlfall
• Lead Non-Executive Director: Mo Baines

Politicians

• Secretary of State: Steve Reed OBE MP
• Minister of State (Housing & Planning): Matthew Pennycook MP
• Minister of State (Local Government & Homelessness): Alison McGovern MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Housing & Local Government): Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Nesil Caliskan MP
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Building Safety, Fire & Democracy): Samantha Dixon MBE MP
• Parliamentary Private Secretary: Tom Hayes MP
• Parliamentary Private Secretary: Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
• Parliamentary Private Secretary: Harpreet Uppal MP

Special advisers

• Oliver Longworth (chief of staff)
• Kate Robson (devolution policy)
• Joe Corry-Roake (policy)
• Liz Bates (media)
• Joseph Knight (policy)

Housing, Communities & Local Government Commons Select Committee

• Florence Eshalomi MP (Labour) (Chair)
• Lewis Cocking MP (Conservative)
• Andrew Cooper MP (Labour)
• Chris Curtis MP (Labour)
• Lee Dillon MP (Liberal Democrat)
• Maya Ellis MP (Labour)
• Will Forster MP (Liberal Democrat)
• Andrew Lewin MP (Labour)
• Gagan Mohindra MP (Conservative)
• Sarah Smith MP (Labour)
• Sean Woodcock MP (Labour)

Local Government Association

Senior Leadership Team

• Interim Chief Executive: Jenny Rowlands
  • [Chief Executive Joanna Killian on leave of absence for personal reasons.]
• Assistant Chief Executive: Helen Jenkins
• Director of Communications & Engagement: Andrea Newman
• Director of Strategy & Policy: Eve Roodhouse

Chair & Vice-Chairs

• Chair: Cllr Louise Gittins
• Conservative Group Leader & Senior Vice-Chair: Cllr Kevin Bentley
• Labour Group Leader & Vice-Chair: Cllr Bev Craig
• Lib Dem Group Leader & Vice-Chair: Cllr Joe Harris
• Independent Group Leader & Vice-Chair: Cllr Hannah Dalton
• Reform Group Leader & Vice-Chair: Cllr Stephen Atkinson