Housing ministry cedes control of devolution agenda to new department led by Louise Haigh

By Daniel Gayne2026-07-21T16:57:00

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The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will no longer have primary responsibility for devolution following government changes which have handed powers to a new department led by Louise Haigh.

MHCLG or its equivalent has driven the devolution agenda for years under successive governments of different political stripes. But, in one of his first acts as prime minister, Andy Burnham has transferred the strategic function – along with several others – to a new Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.

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