A chief secretary is a high-ranking government official who is responsible for managing administrative tasks and coordinating other government officials. Full definition
Were you really the shadow chief secretary to the treasury without being able to grasp the simple facts of a voting system? (nextleft.org)
The Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury Philip Hammond has now written to the Prime Minister urging him to apologise: (conservativehome.blogs.com)
Chancellor George Osborne sets out the framework for the «painful» spending cuts ahead, and a review of benefits, as Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander tells Channel 4 News it would be «wrong to exclude whole swathes of spending». (channel4.com)