Talk:Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Controversy
Removed this section as it was more someones POV. When you look at the remit of the department, especially in th side of planning and local government. While John Prescott could be attacked as not really running the department, the deaprtment was not at fault for that!

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Ministry instead of department?
Why was it named a ministry instead of a department? – Kaihsu (talk) 06:34, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Now changed back to department. Kaihsu (talk) 11:38, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Missing sponsored bodies?
There are a number of organisations listed on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations#ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government) not mentioned on this page, including the Housing Ombudsman, Leasehold Advisory Service, Regulator of Social Housing, Valuation Tribunal Service and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee. Psd (talk) 10:45, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Name change
Does someone actually have a primary source for the department’s name change? The website’s not been updated. I think it’s premature to use an acronym/initialisation as well. Farleysmaster (talk) 12:35, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Twitter’s been updated. Farleysmaster (talk) 07:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)


 * It is fast: IT workers not necessarily so, nor civil servants. I did find: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ambitious-plans-to-drive-levelling-up-agenda
 * Does it require a decision from the Privy Council or something? Hogweard (talk) 11:18, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

The jargon "levelling up" needs to be defined at least for non-UK readers. Kaihsu (talk) 11:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * For now, how about making Levelling Up a redirect to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities which is WP best explanation of it so far? And put a hatnote to it on the levelling up article. When/if the policy is more solid Levelling Up could become a real article. Rwendland (talk) 14:25, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * After studying the way US govt policy articles are named, I went ahead with a first version called Levelling up policy of the Boris Johnson government. I've not linked to it anywhere yet.  Would you want to look at it and make any changes, before I get it into use a little? Rwendland (talk) 16:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Come to think of it, maybe even the word "communities" is jargon. Kaihsu (talk) 11:41, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

How is DLUHC pronounced?
I think it's useful to mention how is the name of the department pronounced. Does anyone know any RS on this? Amberkitten (talk) 15:46, 2 July 2024 (UTC)


 * OTBE (overtaken by events)! Probably not worth pursuing now that the name has been changed. 10mmsocket (talk) 15:52, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, if there are RS out there, that'd be useful.
 * I might submit a FOI to find out whether they had the preferred way to pronounce it, whether they'd say I am really not sure Amberkitten (talk) 15:55, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * FOI seems like wasted effort for a department that no longer exists. 10mmsocket (talk) 16:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * If that was specified in any written documents/guidance on branding, surely they'd retain it? Amberkitten (talk) 16:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)