Great Offices of State State as Home Secretary. Great Offices of State The Great Offices of State in the United Kingdom are the four most senior and prestigious posts in the British government. They are the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary. According to convention, when the Prime Minister names his or her Cabinet, either after a general election or a mid-term reshuffle, the first Cabinet ministers to be announced are the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary. James Callaghan is the only person to date to have served in all four positions. In the past hundred
Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympics medal tally and were also the first Summer Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997. The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3. Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000. Lisa Mason, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games. Head coach: Barry Dancer Head coach: Chris Spice Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven