The Deputy Prime Minister does not have a permanent seat on the National Security Council.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (Image: Getty)
Angela Raynerhas been left out of a top security committee chaired by Sir Keir Starmer.
The Deputy Prime Minister does not have a permanent seat on the UK’s National Security Council (NSC) in a break with former practice.
The committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, includes Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden,
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Defence Secretary John Healey and Attorney General Lord Hermer also have permanent membership.
Other ministers, including Ms Rayner, may be invited to attend according to the NSC’s agenda.
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Downing Street denied that the Deputy PM, who also serves as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, had been “snubbed”.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “All Cabinet committees include a range of secretaries of state, usually relevant to their portfolio.
“As you can see on the list of attendees meeting, attendees are not fixed and ministers are always invited according to the specific agenda of the meeting.”
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Ms Rayner does sit on the larger National Security Council (Resilience) committee chaired by Mr McFadden.
She is also a member of Cabinet committees focused on the Union and constitution and home and economic affairs, and chairs the Future of Work Committee that oversees the Government’s reforms to employment law.
It comes amid ongoing reports that Ms Rayner, who was elected as Labour’s deputy leader by party members, has been sidelined by the Prime Minister.
