After long months of denying she would do so, Badenoch will shuffle her Shadow Cabinet on Parliament’s return. An opportunity to promote the star backbenchers…
The Tory leader resisted plans to do so after the locals drubbing in May. Now Burnham’s in, some changes have to happen…
Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho’s second child will take her out of action on maternity leave. The Telegraph reports that shadow solicitor general Helen Grant will also shuffle out after saying she would not stand at the next election. DSIT has been abolished so Julia Lopez will have to go somewhere…
Mel Stride and Priti Patel get the most flak from Tories who accuse them of underperforming. On the economy brief some mooted names include Coutinho (out of action for at least three months or so) and Andrew Griffith, who is currently Shadow Business Secretary. It’s a small party…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”