Kemi gives rivals top jobs as she promises Tories can soon win back power

KEMI Badenoch has handed her Tory leadership rivals plum roles in her top team as she begins her battle to defeat Labour at the next election.

- Martyn Brown

Robert Jenrick, who was defeated by Ms Badenoch on Saturday, will be her new Shadow Justice Secretary.

And Dame Priti Patel was ejected in the first round of the race to replace Rishi Sunak is Shadow Foreign Secretary in a stunning political return.

Mel Stride, who lost in the second round of voting, is Shadow Chancellor - a significant promotion for the former Work and Pensions Secretary.

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