New communities secretary Michael Gove has argued that the renaming of his department is a ‘sign of confidence in local government’.
Speaking at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) councillors’ forum today, Mr Gove said he had ‘one of the most important jobs in Government’ and it was ‘critical to the leadership of the country’.
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