Rayner and Her Levelling up Ministers Have Never Worked From Their Regional Offices – Guido Fawkes

Rayner and Her Levelling up Ministers Have Never Worked From Their Regional Offices

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Labour has previously admitted that Rayner, responsible for the levelling-up brief, doesn’t “regularly” work from the MHCLG Darlington or Wolverhampton campuses. Turns out it’s not at all…

Kevin Hollinrake asked the government for details on how many days MHCLG ministers had spent working at departmental offices outside of London. Answer came there none…

The government insists that “MHCLG Ministers work closely with local leaders across the country” but admits it has no “central record” of ministers working outside of London. A weak excuse seeing as Cabinet Office guidance mandates ministerial diaries are centrally kept and other departments report their attendance with accuracy. Rayner and her ministers are keeping their distance from the provinces…