What is Shadow Home Secretary?
{{Infobox Political post |post = Shadow Home Secretary |image = File:Official portrait of Chris Philp MP crop 2, 2024.jpg |incumbent = [[Chris Philp]] |incumbentsince = 5 November 2024 |appointer = [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] |inaugural = [[Kenneth Younger]] |formation = 14 December 1955 |website = [http://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet The Shadow Cabinet] }} In [[Politics of the United Kingdom|British politics]], the '''Shadow Home Secretary''' (officially known as the Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department), is the person in the [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK)|shadow cabinet]] who shadows the [[Home Secretary]]. This mostly means criticising government policy on home affairs including [[policing]], [[national security]], the [[criminal justice system]], the [[prison]] service, and stuff to do with [[citizenship]]. If the opposition party is elected to government, the Shadow Home Secretary usually becomes the new Home Secretary, but this doesn't always happen and isn't required. The person who is currently Shadow Home Secretary is the Conservative MP [[Chris Philp]] since 5 November 2024. == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Politics of the United Kingdom]]