A ‘mountain of priorities’ in Gove’s in-tray

摘要

The new housing secretary, Michael Gove, faces a mountain of competing priorities as he gets down towork in the department previously known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and LocalGovernment.The former chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster – and twice rival to Boris Johnsonfor leadership of the Tory party – will be incharge of both housing and local government,as his predecessor, Robert Jenrick was.