Forget bickering over the relevance of dropping local government from the departmental name – no amount of changing the stationary will determine the relationship with the Government – this is a clear message of policy intent over structures.
In his reshuffle, Boris Johnson has shifted vast swathes of his General Election wishlist to Mr Gove – a man with a reputation for getting things done.
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