The Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is an office within

British politics The United Kingdom is a unitary state with devolution that is governed within the framework of a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch, currently Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, is the head ...

held by a member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the government's

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The secretary of state for work and pensions, also referred to as the work and pensions secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Department for Work and P ...

and develop alternative policies. The office holder, currently

Jonathan Ashworth Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2021. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) f ...

, is a member of the Shadow Cabinet.

List of Shadow Secretaries

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