Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as Kemi Badenoch announces team – UK politics live
New Conservative leader makes key appointments and says she wants to unite party, with Stride a senior figure on the left and Patel prominent rightwinger. Early evening summary 18:03 Kemi Badenoch has appointed Mel Stride shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as she began to put together a Conservative frontbench team billed as uniting the party.
Mel Stride and Priti Patel given top shadow cabinet jobs
Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel have been appointed as shadow Chancellor and shadow foreign secretary as new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch assembles her front-bench team. Both Stride and Patel ran against now-Conservative leader Badenoch in the race to replace Rishi Sunak following the July 4 election.
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Hardliner Priti Patel, a strong supporter of Israel, was named shadow foreign secretary last night, while more centrist leadership rival Mel Stride becomes shadow chancellor. Former Treasury chief secretary Laura Trott was handed the key role of shadowing the education department, central to Ms Badenoch’s anti-“woke” agenda.
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Sir Keir Starmer is poised to increase tuition fees for the first time in eight years, according to reports.Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is expected to announce this afternoon that fees will rise in line with the Retail Price Index inflation from September 2025,
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Mel Stride And Priti Patel Get Top Jobs In Kemi Badenoch's New Shadow Cabinet
New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed Mel Stride as Shadow Chancellor and Priti Patel as Shadow Foreign Secretary, along with announcing other key members of her Shadow Cabinet.
UK Opposition leader Badenoch picks Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary
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Jenrick accepts job in Badenoch's first shadow cabinet with key roles for Patel and Stride
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New UK Opposition leader picks Priti Patel as her shadow foreign secretary
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