The words 'levelling up' have been 'firmly Tippexed out' of the Wolverhampton-based government department responsible for housing and communities, Labour has said.
The words "levelling up" have been "firmly Tippexed out" of the Wolverhampton-based government department responsible for housing and communities, Labour has said.The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was given that name by Boris Johnson in 2021 as the then-prime minister sought to highlight his commitment to the"levelling up" agenda to help regions away from London, including the West Midlands.
It was part of a drive by the Conservative government to be seen to spreading its work outside London, all part of its levelling up strategy. But with a change of government has come another change of name, with the department reverting to its identity as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government .
He added:"Why that is important for me is levelling up was only ever a slogan, it wasn't a thing that people felt in their communities."
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