DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

D-Luck of the draw

After weeks of painstaking research (well, asking anyone who may know) Diary can reveal the answer to the burning question on everyone’s lips – just how are we pronouncing the acronym of the new Government department that oversees local government?

After weeks of painstaking research (well, asking anyone who may know) Diary can reveal the answer to the burning question on everyone's lips – just how are we pronouncing the acronym of the new Government department that oversees local government?

Following speculation that ranged from the dull to the, frankly, preposterous (Dulux? D-lite? Anyone?) Diary caught up with a Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) employee late at night in a bar at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

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