Kemi Badenoch, the new Conservative Party leader, has appointed Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary. Patel, who previously served as home secretar

New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed Priti Patel as her Shadow Foreign Secretary and Mel Stride as her Shadow Chancellor as she begins to assemble her shadow cabinet. Badenoch’s election on Saturday came four months after her predecessor Rishi Sunak announced he was going to step down,

Priti Patel has made a comeback as Kemi Badenoch has appointed her shadow foreign secretary, Sky News understands.Ms Badenoch, who beat Robert Jenrick to become Conservative leader on Saturday, started officially appointing her shadow cabinet on Sunday evening.