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MHCLG renamed ‘Department for Levelling Up’

Michael Gove (Dreamstime/Kubajunek)

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is to be renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), after Michael Gove’s appointment as secretary of state in a cabinet reshuffle.

Gove will drive cross-Whitehall efforts to help the UK to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of the change, former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane has been appointed as the new head of a Levelling Up Taskforce.

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