Badenoch appoints Andrew Griffith shadow chancellor in sweeping reshuffle

Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as James Cleverly quits to run for London mayor Kemi Badenoch sacked her shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, and shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, in a sweeping Conservative reshuffle on Monday, replacing Stride with Andrew Griffith, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat in foreign. Stride, who has been the shadow chancellor since Badenoch became leader, was widely seen among Tories as failing to make an impression at…