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Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (died 2014)
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Joel Barnett
British politician
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Senior minister in His Majesty's Treasury
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a senior ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom and is the second most senior ministerial office in HM Treasury, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The office holder is always a full member or attendee of the Cabinet…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)