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Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

The secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, also referred to as the levelling up secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, and Cabinet minister, responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).[3][4] They are responsible for local government in England.

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The office holder works alongside the other ministers in the department. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities.

Michael Gove held the position starting from 25 October 2022, previously held the position from September 2021 to July 2022 under Boris Johnson before being dismissed and eventually being reappointed by Rishi Sunak in October 2022.[5]

History

The Department of Communities and Local Government was created in 2006 by then British prime minister Tony Blair to replace John Prescott's Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which had taken on the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in 2002.[6]

The secretary of state took over the responsibilities of the minister of state for communities and local government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several functions from the deputy prime minister himself.[citation needed]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson renamed the position Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and gave the secretary and the department responsibility for carrying out the promise in the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto of "levelling up".[7]

Responsibilities

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

  • Strategic oversight of department's business
  • Minister for inter-governmental relations
  • Cross-cutting responsibility for Levelling Up
  • Public Appointments[8]

List of secretaries of state and ministers

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Timeline of secretaries of state

Simon ClarkeMichael GoveRobert JenrickJames BrokenshireSajid JavidGreg ClarkEric PicklesJohn DenhamHazel BlearsRuth Kelly

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    Knight, Sam (5 May 2006). "Prescott loses his dream home: the mega department". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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    "Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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    "The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP @GregClarkMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities". Twitter.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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    "The Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP @SimonClarkeMP has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc". Twitter. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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