Levelling up and housing secretary Greg Clark is likely to be an early casualty of an expected cabinet reshuffle when the new prime minister takes power tomorrow, with both Simon Clarke and Jacob Rees-Mogg tipped this weekend as potential successors in the key role.

Conservative Party leadership front runner Liz Truss is widely expected to win her contest with rival Rishi Sunak today, paving the way for her to formally take over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister in a ceremony at Balmoral tomorrow.

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