UK confirms second HQ outside London

LONDON: In what has been dubbed a historic move, the UK govt on Saturday confirmed that it will create a second headquarters outside London for its housing ministr y in the city of Wolverhampton in central England.

The new HQ will have at least 500 Ministr y of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Group roles spread across the region by 2025 - with further increases planned by 2030. The new hub will include the presence of ministers - making it the first such ministerial office outside of the UK capital with a regular ministerial presence.