The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a

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government department formed following the

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, covering the areas of

housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it ...

and

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. It was formed, as the Ministry of Local Government and Planning, in January 1951 when functions of the

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, which had taken over the powers of the old Local Government Board, were merged with the

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, which had been created in 1943. Its name was changed to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government by the new Conservative government following the October 1951 general election. It was merged in 1970 with the

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and the

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to form the Department for the Environment. The ministry was headed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government. The name was partially revived by the May ministry on 9 January 2018, when the Department for Communities and Local Government was renamed as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, with a similar name change applying to its Secretary of State.

Ministers of Housing

Hugh Dalton Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton, (16 August 1887 – 13 February 1962) was a British Labour Party economist and politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947. He shaped Labour Party foreign policy in the 1 ...

(1950–1951; Minister of Town and Country Planning until January 1951) *

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(1951–1954) * Duncan Sandys (1954–1957) * Henry Brooke (1957–1961) * Charles Hill (1961–

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) *

Keith Joseph Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, (17 January 1918 – 10 December 1994), known as Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician, intellectual and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he ...

(

–1964) *

Richard Crossman Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (15 December 1907 – 5 April 1974) was a British Labour Party politician. A university classics lecturer by profession, he was elected a Member of Parliament in 1945 and became a significant figure among the ...

(1964–1966) * Anthony Greenwood (1966–1970) * Robert Mellish (1970) * Anthony Crosland (1969–1970 Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning) * Peter Walker (1970)

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Housing and Local Government Housing in the United Kingdom

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