Jenrick said it had been a ‘huge privilege’ to serve in the role

Michael Gove has replaced Robert Jenrick as housing secretary in Boris Johnson’s latest cabinet reshuffle.

Jenrick confirmed his sacking on Twitter, saying it had been a “huge privilege” to have served as secretary of state.

No 10 said that Gove will also take on responsibility for the union and the levelling up agenda.

The move came after Johnson sacked education secretary Gavin Williamson and justice secretary Robert Buckland earlier this afternoon.

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Michael Gove has been appointed as the new housing secretary

It is not yet clear if another role will be offered to Jenrick, who had been housing secretary since July 2019 when Boris Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership contest.

During his two-year tenure Jenrick was criticised as housing secretary over hisunlawful decisionto approve the Westferry Printworks scheme,trips to second homesduring lockdown and thefailure to resolve the ongoing cladding scandal.

His proposed reforms to the planning system, which included plans for mandatory local housing targets and a zonal system to classify land for development,also ran into criticism. The controversy over the proposals was also seen by many as a key factor in theConservatives’ defeat in the Chesham and Amersham by-election in June,

据报道，今天早些时候，唐宁街10号证实，约翰逊打算在今天进行内阁职位重组，明天将决定初级部长职位，包括目前由克里斯托弗·平彻担任的住房部长。

Jenrick used his tweet to thanks departmental staff for their hard work, and said he was “deeply proud of all we have achieved”.

“I will continue to support the Prime Minister and the Government in every way I can,” he added.

绿党议员卡洛琳·卢卡斯说，詹瑞克的离开“必须导致对破坏性极大的规划法案的重大反思，以目前的形式，该法案将在广大农村地区实施，并否认当地社区在当地房屋建设中有任何有意义的声音”。

Assael Architecture director Félicie Krikler said that the “revolving door of housing secretaries continues” with the appointment of Gove, who is the third to hold the role in the past three years.

She added: “The government needs stability and leadership if it is to bring forward policies that clarify questions over design, quality and delivery methods concerning the homes we build.”

Crispin Truman, chief executive of CPRE, said the countryside charity welcomed Gove’s appointment “at this watershed moment for planning”.

He said: “With his past experience as environment secretary, we hope and expect him to champion local communities, nature and climate as his department drafts the new Planning Bill.

”That means securing the voice of local people in planning decisions, holding developers to affordable housing targets, ending land banking, and protecting our local green spaces and countryside by reusing previously developed land first.”

Royal Town Planning Institute chief executive Victoria Hills welcomed Gove in the role and said the planning profession ”eagerly awaits details of reforms that will be introduced”.

And Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) director of policy, external affairs and research Eddie Tuttle said the organisation looked forward to working with Gove to make progress on big issues facing the industry.

他表示，CIOB希望在新建和改造住宅的开发中，将“质量视为优先事项”。

He added that it is vital that the industry receives clarity on the Planning Bill and its relationship with the Fire Safety Act and the Building Safety Bill, particularly in relation to the government’s position on permitted development rights and ensuring there are “strict quality controls”.

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