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,

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.