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 Paralympics Caroline Powell are the first and only Britons to win four medals at a single Winter Paralympics. After winning a silver medal in the Super-G, visually impaired event on 14 March 2014, Etherington became Great Britain's most successful female Winter Paralympian. In 2012, Great Britain became the second nation, the other being the United States, to host the Summer Paralympic Games twice. Athletes in bold are still active Athletes who have won more than three gold medals or five medals. This is a list of British athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered