As the Conservative leadership hopefuls jostle for the top job, Jonathan Werran asks what a change of regime may mean for the levelling up agenda

Re-entering the fray as the mild-mannered janitor to keep it steady as she goes, Greg Clark has picked up the phone to bombard his local government contact list as well as assuming the reins as caretaker in Marsham Street – alongside former old departmental hand Marcus Jones as housing minister.