Lucy Rigby re-appointed as City minister in Burnham government

Replacing Rachel Blake

Cristian Angeloni
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Lucy Rigby has been appointed as economic secretary to the Treasury and City minister by prime minister Andy Burnham today (22 July).

She previously held the same role between September 2025 and May 2026, after which she became chief secretary to the Treasury for less than three months. Rigby succeeds Rachel Blake in the role, who in turn succeeded Rigby in May 2026. In a LinkedIn post, the newly appointed minister said she was "honoured and very happy" to have been asked to serve as City minister. "It is a privilege to join Chancellor John Healey's team and I am delighted to be working with our leading financial services sector again," she added. This article first appeared on Professional Adviser sister titl...

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