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Latest news on Steve Reed, former Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, covering his political career.

Steve Reed is a Labour politician and the Member of Parliament for Streatham and Croydon North, who left the government during a cabinet reshuffle. He had previously served as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and before that as Environment Secretary.

Reed held senior roles overseeing housing and environmental policy, including work on house buying reforms and rural affairs. His departure from government was among a wider set of changes affecting ministers from the previous administration. Our feed tracks reaction to his time in government and his activities as a backbench MP.

Before entering Parliament, Reed spent years in local government leadership, giving him a strong grounding in council and community issues that shaped his later ministerial roles on housing and local government.

First elected to Parliament in 2012, Reed previously led a London council before becoming an MP, and went on to hold shadow ministerial roles covering justice and local government prior to his cabinet appointments.

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