{"id":87807,"date":"2018-01-08T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=008acf38c3f29035c0928213ad089048"},"modified":"2018-01-15T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:01:26","slug":"news-story-government-renews-focus-on-housing-with-ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87807","title":{"rendered":"News story: Government renews focus on housing with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated to include ministerial responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following the appointment of Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, the department will be renamed as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>\n<p>Housing Secretary Sajid Javid said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government and so I\u2019m delighted the Prime Minister has asked me to serve in this role. The name change for the department reflects this government\u2019s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build strong communities across England.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Junior ministerial appointments have been confirmed by the Prime Minister, along with their responsibilities. This includes an addition of a further Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the ministerial team to reflect the government\u2019s renewed focus on housing issues.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/dominic-raab\">Dominic Raab<\/a> &#8211; Minister of State for Housing and Planning<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/jake-berry\">Jake Berry<\/a> &#8211; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/lord-bourne-of-aberystwyth\">Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth<\/a> &#8211; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Wales Office, Minister for Faith<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/rishi-sunak\">Rishi Sunak<\/a> &#8211; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Local Government<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/heather-wheeler\">Heather Wheeler<\/a> &#8211; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Housing and Homelessness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/sajid-javid\">Secretary of State Sajid Javid<\/a> will also continue as the Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              0303 444 1209\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_3149\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Social media &#8211; MHCLG<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"comments\">Twitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhclg<\/a><br \/>Flickr &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/communitiesuk\/<\/a><br \/>LinkedIn &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mhclg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government confirms new name for department as part of the ministerial reshuffle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87807"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88013,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87807\/revisions\/88013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}