Greg Clark has been appointed levelling up secretary following the sacking of Michael Gove by outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson.
Clark is returning to a position he held from 2015 to 2016 when he was communities and local government secretary. He was subsequently business secretary before having the whip removed in 2019 for voting against the government.
From 2020 to 2022 Clark was the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee.
“We have a duty to ensure that the country has a functioning government in the weeks ahead,” Clark said. “Having been secretary of state at the communities department before, I will do my best to provide stability, good governance and accountability to Parliament at this important time.”
The ministerial team below Clark at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) lost three ministers on 6 July with the resignations of Kemi Badenoch (local government) Neil O’Brien (levelling up) and Stuart Andrew (housing).
However, two DLUHC ministerial appointments – Paul Scully and Marcus Jones – were announced on 7 July.
In his resignation speech, Johnson emphasised the importance of levelling up. “We must keep levelling up, keep unleashing the potential of every part of the UK,” he said.
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