Dan Peters 06 August 2025

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG creates cohesion taskforce image
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's headquarters in Marsham Street, London. © William Barton / Shutterstock.com.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has created a taskforce to understand the drivers behind the decline in community cohesion, The MJ has learnt.

It comes after a private acceptance in the department that it has not recognised legitimate concerns and has lacked strategy, which has hindered councils' ability to respond to local threats.

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Earlier this year, LocalGov editor, William Eichler, sat down with Kelly Fowler, the CEO of Belong, to discuss immigration, social cohesion, and whether the UK had become an ‘island of strangers’.

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