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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Dame Priti Patel and Mel Stride given top jobs in new Tory frontbench team
Mel Stride has been appointed shadow chancellor and Dame Priti Patel has been appointed shadow foreign secretary by new ...
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UK politics live: Jenrick gets justice role in Badenoch’s shadow cabinet as Stride and Patel land top jobs
Priti Patel will return to the front bench as shadow foreign secretary, while Mel Stride will take on under-fire ...
Priti Patel back on Tory front bench as Shadow Foreign Secretary under Badenoch
New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed Priti Patel as her Shadow Foreign Secretary and Mel Stride as her Shadow ...
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Mel Stride awarded shadow chancellor in Badenoch shadow cabinet reshuffle
Recently elected Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has begun to appoint her shadow cabinet, with former leadership rival Mel Stride awarded shadow chancellor of the exchequer.
Priti Patel makes comeback in Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet
Mel Stride has been made shadow chancellor by the new Conservative leader as she announces her new shadow cabinet.
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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.
Indian-origin Priti Patel picked as shadow foreign secretary by UK's new Conservative leader
Former British Indian home secretary Priti Patel has been appointed shadow foreign secretary to the Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch, who replaced Rishi Sunak and became the Conservative leader ...
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Jenrick accepts job in Badenoch's first shadow cabinet with key roles for Patel and Stride
Robert Jenrick has accepted the role of shadow justice secretary in his former leadership rival Kemi Badenoch’s senior team, ...