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Govt’s new ‘Dept for Levelling Up’ has been laid out on social media

"Shouldn’t every government department be a department for levelling up?"

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-09-20 15:35
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Michael Gove has dramatically expanded his Whitehall empire after emerging as one of the big winners in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle.

Mr Gove, who was given the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, has seen his department renamed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – underlining its central role in delivering the Government’s agenda.

Anyone who remembers the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (AKA “DoSAC”) from The Thick of It might have let out a Malcolm Tucker sized expletive when they heard the news.

Thrilled

Mr Gove said he was “thrilled” to be taking on the Levelling Up agenda, which he described as “the defining mission of this Government”.

“With a superb team of ministers and officials in a new department, our relentless focus will be on delivering for those overlooked families and undervalued communities across the United Kingdom,” he said.

“We have a unique opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives.”

Andy Haldane, who is joining the Cabinet Office on a six month secondment from the Royal Society of Arts, where he is chief executive, said: “Levelling up the UK is one of the signature challenges of our time.

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“It has also been a personal passion throughout my professional career so I am delighted and honoured to be making a contribution to this crucial objective.”

Reactions

As you might well have expected the new department, involving Gove extolling the virtues of ‘levelling up,’ was never going to fly on social media.

Here’s a pick of the reaction:

1.

Department for Levelling Up is Boris’ version of this: https://t.co/hQK6WriliV pic.twitter.com/yzbTjkEbZ8

— Matthew Butler (@matthewjbutler) September 18, 2021

2.

"Department for Levelling Up"
Here's the official Govt dept crest pic.twitter.com/UZW5bGYAvN

— gazhay 🗣️💩💬⍨ (@gazhay) September 19, 2021

3.

‘Department for levelling up’ is very cheugy

— Darling (@__Darling_) September 19, 2021

4.

Department for Levelling Up being an actual name given to a government department is sensational shithousery.

— Ashley (@ashhh_m) September 19, 2021

5.

Shouldn’t every government department be a department for levelling up? @luhcgovuk pic.twitter.com/zW457tvTVA

— Malcolm McKenzie (@fourhourtarget) September 19, 2021

6.

“Hello, welcome to the Department For Levelling Up” pic.twitter.com/eh0miTSW8m

— Oli Franklin-Wallis (@olifranklin) September 19, 2021

7.

Department For Levelling Up –
Sounds like something straight out of W1A… pic.twitter.com/8iMdShm3tH

— em (@_solarfeeling_) September 19, 2021

8.

The staircase at the Department for Levelling Up. pic.twitter.com/S1PddfTlKY

— Ian Reeve (@IanGReeve) September 19, 2021

9.

new government departments:

Department for Levelling Up
Department for Giving You Up
Department for Letting You Down
Department for Running Around and Deserting You
Department for Making You Cry
Department for Saying Goodbye
Department for Telling Lies and Hurting You

— Sarah 🇮🇹🌹#WearAMask (@sazmeister88) September 19, 2021

10.

Department for levelling up… what political nonesense is this pic.twitter.com/vzjyGLSt9k

— Just *heavy sigh* (@bethanyejc) September 19, 2021

11.

The Department for Levelling Up? I'm assuming this is a joke. My take on 1984 has always been that it was a warning, rather than an instruction manual.

— Rod Duncan (@RodDuncan) September 19, 2021

12.

‘Department for Levelling up’ pic.twitter.com/ppuqXgbtWL

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) September 19, 2021

13.

The Department for Levelling Up. pic.twitter.com/PQgPafzWlB

— Sarah (@skeano77) September 19, 2021

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