Attlee Ministry (Wiltshire)

Second Lassiter Ministry
Date formed	4 August 3024
People and organisations
Head of State	George, King of Wiltshire & Victoria, Queen of Wiltshire
Head of Government	Owen Lassiter
Member Party	Conservative Party
Status in Legislature	Majority
Opposition Party	Wiltshire Labour Party
Opposition Leader	Harvey Rekin
History
Election(s)	3024 Wiltshire general election
Legislative term(s)	30th Wiltshire National Assembly
Predecessor	Lassiter Caretaker Ministry (Wiltshire)

Owen Lassiter formed the Second Lassiter Ministry after the Conservative victory in the 3024 Wiltshire general election. The result, which returned a Conservative majority on the Wiltshire National Assembly for the first time since January 3019, encouraged Lassiter to appoint a full cabinet of Conservatives and granted the new government the political authority to conduct a number of key domestic reforms in light of the devastation caused by the Wiltshire Civil War.

Lassiter returned as Prime Minister, with Gus Nixon and Luke Ford continuing on from Lassiter's caretaker ministry. Lassiter appointed the rest of the cabinet based on prominent Conservative Party thinkers, with former ministers such as Christopher Konty returning, as well as new ministers such as Grant Katzenmoyer, Mack McCain, and Kirk Ashland filling seats in cabinet for the first time.

Cabinet

Lassiter II - Conservative majority government

Portfolio	Minister		Political party	Term
Prime Minister of Wiltshire Minister of State for the Cabinet Office Leader of the Conservative Party		Owen Lassiter	Conservative	since July 3024
Deputy Prime Minister of Wiltshire Minister of State for the Foreign Office		Gus Nixon	Conservative	since July 3024
Chancellor of the Exchequer		Lucy Burgers	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Home Office		Madeline Ross	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Communities Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Walkerton		Rufus Kaine	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Education Office		Christopher Konty	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Trade and Transport Office		Grant Katzenmoyer	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Health and Social Affairs Office		Mack McCain	Conservative	since August 3024
Minister of State for the Reconstruction Office Chancellor of the Duchy of Juneville		Luke Ford	Conservative	since July 3024
Leader of the National Assembly Lord President of the Privy Council		Fleur Johannson	Conservative	since August 3024
Attorney General of Wiltshire Minister of State for the Justice Office		Markus Horst	Independent	since December 3022

The Debt Brake

On the eve of the 3024 general election, Prime Minister Owen Lassiter announced that he would be triggering the 'debt brake', which is a law that was passed in 3011 by Wiltshire's founding father, Jaresh Inyo. The debt brake was designed as a mechanism that would limit the Wiltshirian national government to fiscal spending that was matched by proper revenues. The result of the mechanism would be to prohibit peace team governments from borrowing money and creating budget deficits.

The law was designed to be triggered once "the investment required to construct a prosperous settlement" had been completed. However, successive Prime Ministers refused to trigger the debt brake, until eventually the law was mostly forgotten.

Lassiter's announcement was seen as a last minute pitch to voters, suggesting that he would be the safe pair of hands that would deliver economic stability for the first time in years. When the Conservatives won a majority at the election subsequently, Lassiter appointed Lucy Burgers - the only Chancellor ever to deliver a balanced budget - to the position of Chancellor once again: a further signal that he intended to avoid deficit spending.

When Burgers unveiled the government's new budget in September 3024, it was a balanced one under the provisions of the debt brake.