Dame Priti Patel has been appointed shadow foreign secretary, despite having been fired from Baroness May’s Cabinet over holding secret meetings with Israeli politicians. She was given the shadow cabinet role on Monday by Kemi Badenoch,

Mel Stride has been made shadow chancellor by the new Conservative leader as she announces her new shadow cabinet.

New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has revealed the 24 members of her shadow cabinet, with some of her former leadership rivals handed top gigs. Dame Priti Patel was named as her Shadow Foreign Secretary,