Tories seek to move party HQ to the North
We’ll reveal location soon, says chief
THE CO- CHAIRMAN of the Conservatives has confirmed the party is looking to move its central headquarters to the North and will reveal more details of the location in the coming weeks.
Speaking in West Yorkshire yesterday on a tour of former “red wall” seats, Amanda Milling said the party was fully committed to moving Conservative Campaign Headquarters, also known as CCHQ, out of London.
It was reported in February that after returning 109 new Tory MPs in the General Election, many from constituencies never before held by the party, senior Tories were working on plans to boost their ground presence outside the capital.
Readers of the website ConservativeHome were asked for their suggestions on the location of the headquarters, either in the Midlands or North of England, which had good trains links and was “well placed in politisoon.”
cal terms”. Asked about the proposed location by The Yorkshire Post, Ms Milling said: “All I would say is that we are still fully committed to relocating out of London.
“We will maintain a presence in London but are looking to relocate to the North. I’m hoping to have more news on that pretty Ms Milling yesterday visited Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield and met local MP Imran Ahmad Khan.
She said visiting West Yorkshire was “going back in time” as she spent a number of years working in Leeds for a market research firm between 2010 and 2014, first in Calverley and then in the city centre.
Meanwhile, Downing Street yesterday did not deny concerns that social- distancing rules may have been breached when Boris Johnson addressed a busy meeting of Tory MPs.
The Prime Minister has faced questions over whether he gave a speech to at least 50 Conservatives in a Parliament room marked for a maximum of 29 to prevent the spread of the virus.
Ms Milling did not deny the suggestion but said she did not attend the meeting.
She said an earlier meeting she chaired with the PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the 2019 intake of Tory MPs was split into two to abide by social- distancing rules.