New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch appointed former leadership rivals including Mel Stride and Robert Jenrick to her shadow cabinet, in an effort to unite the UK’s fractured opposition party.Most Read from BloombergFrom Housing to Immigration,

Kemi Badenoch has made her first major opposition front bench appointments since being named leader of the Conservative party. In a sign that she is hoping to unite her party after months of infighting,

Kemi Badenoch said she will tell "hard truths" to both the country and her party as she began her first full day as Conservative leader. In her first interview since winning the Tory leadership election, Badenoch said the UK is getting poorer and older, and is being "outcompeted" by other countries.