HOUSING MINISTER CHANGES IN RESHUFFLE

Mark Prisk MP has been removed as the Housing Minister following the recent Government reshuffle. He has been replaced by Kris Hopkins MP who has been made Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, essentially downgrading the role from a frontline Government post. Mark Prisk MP had a professional property background, formerly being a Chartered Surveyor and had sought to firmly grasp some of the key residential property challenges such as regulating property management and developing the private rented sector. After just a year in the role, Mark Prisk was clearly surprised by his sudden departure, stating on Twitter: “been asked to step aside from housing for a younger generation” and “Disappointing. But it’s been a great eleven years as a frontbencher.”