Labour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles

2024-07-09T10:35:00

DLUHC to be return to former name MHCLG as Angela Rayner describes phrase as a “gimmick”

The new Labour government is removing the words ‘levelling up’ from departmental and ministerial titles after deputy prime minister Angela Rayner described the phrase coined by Boris Johnson as a “sham”.

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, rebranded by former prime minister Johnson in 2021, will return to its former name of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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