{"id":31285,"date":"2021-09-28T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31285"},"modified":"2021-09-28T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:26:46","slug":"pm-renames-mhclg-department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities-takes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31285","title":{"rendered":"PM renames MHCLG: \u2018Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities\u2019 takes over"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"10Designing Buildings Wiki<\/a> (DBW) \u2013 host platform for the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki<\/a> – reports on the government announcement that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) would be renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with the role of ‘Housing Secretary’ renamed ‘Secretary of State for Levelling Up\u2019.<\/h3>\n
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\u2026 The Secretary of State will have responsibility for United Kingdom governance and elections\u2026. also take on the additional title of Minister for Intergovernmental Relations\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

DBW writes:<\/p>\n

In September 2021, as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, the\u00a0government<\/a>\u00a0announced that the\u00a0Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)<\/a>\u00a0would be renamed the\u00a0Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities<\/strong>. The role of ‘Housing Secretary<\/a>‘ was renamed ‘Secretary of State for Levelling Up<\/a>\u2019. These changes reflect the\u00a0Government’s<\/a>\u00a0central mission to\u00a0level<\/a>\u00a0up every part of the\u00a0UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The change came as former Bank of\u00a0England<\/a>\u00a0Chief Economist Andy Haldane was\u00a0appointed<\/a>\u00a0as the new\u00a0Head<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Levelling<\/a>\u00a0Up Taskforce. The taskforce was established by the Prime Minister and the\u00a0Secretary of State for Levelling Up<\/a>, Michael Gove MP.<\/p>\n

The Secretary of State will have responsibility for\u00a0United Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0governance<\/a>\u00a0and elections. He will therefore also take on the additional\u00a0title<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Minister for Intergovernmental Relations<\/a>, working closely with the Territorial\u00a0Offices<\/a>\u00a0and leading\u00a0coordination<\/a>\u00a0with the devolved administrations on the Prime Minister\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

He is supported in the department by Minister of State Kemi Badenoch MP and Neil O\u2019Brien MP, who was\u00a0appointed<\/a>\u00a0Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.<\/p>\n

Reappointed to the department are Ministers of State the Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP and Lord Greenhalgh, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Eddie Hughes MP.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: “This\u00a0government<\/a>\u00a0is committed to uniting and\u00a0levelling<\/a>\u00a0up every part of the\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0and I am determined that as we\u00a0build back better<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0pandemic<\/a>\u00a0we are geared up with the\u00a0teams<\/a>\u00a0and expertise to deliver on that promise.”<\/p>\n

Ref\u00a0https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/ambitious-plans-to-drive-levelling-up-agenda<\/a><\/p>\n

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