Priti Patel quits Kemi Badenoch's top team as Tom Tugendhat named shadow foreign secretary

Priti Patel quits Kemi Badenoch's top team as Tom Tugendhat named shadow foreign secretary  GB News

David Lynch, Press Association Political Correspondent Kemi Badenoch has replaced another member of her top team, ousting Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor and appointing Andrew Griffith in his place. The Conservative leader is carrying out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet before Parliament’s return on Tuesday, and

Sir Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel were ousted as shadow chancellor and shadow foreign secretary on Monday.

Conservative leader promotes former Sky executive Andrew Griffith as she seeks to close polling gap with Reform and Labour

Andrew Griffith has been announced as the new shadow chancellor, replacing Sir Mel Stride in a Conservative Party reshuffle carried out before parliament returns on Tuesday. Griffith, who was the shadow business secretary, will now lead on economic policy for the Tories heading up a new Conservative Economics Unit. Kem

Mel Stride and Priti Patel sacked in shadow cabinet reshuffle  The Times

Kemi Badenoch replaces top Tory economic team in shadow Cabinet reshuffle  ITVX

Andrew Griffith is promoted from shadow business to shadow chancellor to lead new economic affairs team

The Conservative leader is carrying out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet before the party’s conference in October.

The Conservative leader is carrying out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet before the party’s conference in October.

Kemi Badenoch is making changes to her top team with Tom Tugendhat tipped to take the foreign affairs brief.

The Conservative leader is scrambling to bolster her shadow cabinet as she prepares to take on new Prime Minister Andy Burnham when Parliament returns this week

Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as Cleverly quits to run for London mayor Kemi Badenoch is to reshuffle her shadow cabinet on Monday, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary to replace Priti Patel. Tugendhat, a former security minister, was a leader

You can read Dame Priti Patels statement on her new role here.

Kemi Badenoch is expected to carry out a wider reshuffle of her front bench team following high-profile departures.