After just two months in the job, Greg Clark has been replaced by Teeside MP Simon Clarke as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in new Prime Minister Liz Truss’ Cabinet.
Clarke, 37, was previously Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and won his seat in Middlesborough South and East Cleveland from Labour in 2017 after the sitting MP stood down. He is the fourth Housing Secretary in a year, and oversees a demanding brief including the wide-ranging ‘levelling up’ agenda.
Clarke resigned from a previous post as Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government in a Cabinet reshuffle in February 2020, citing “personal reasons.”