New housing minister Mark Prisk has been welcomed to the role by the sector's leading bodies but warned that he needs to "hit the ground running" in order to address the country's housing crisis.
Mr Prisk, 50, MP for Hertford and Stortford, replaces Grant Shapps who has been promoted to co-chair of the Conservative Party in today's Cabinet reshuffle.
In a personal message to Mr Prisk, Grainia Long, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, said: "You have joined the industry at a ti...
