Kemi Badenoch has sacked Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor in her Tory shadow cabinet reshuffle. Andrew Griffith will replace Sir Mel, while Claire Coutinho has been appointed as shadow business secretary. Dame Priti Patel is also leaving her post as shadow foreign secretary as part of the overhaul.
Badenoch thanks Stride for loyalty
Mrs Badenoch said: “Like Priti, Mel came into the job at an exceptionally difficult point for the Conservative Party.
“He brought experience, seriousness and stability when those things were badly needed. He helped us steady the ship, rebuild economic credibility and become an effective opposition, and I am genuinely grateful for his contribution.
“The Conservative Party would not have got where we are without his work and his very effective skewering of Rachel Reeves and her disastrous time as Chancellor.
New economic team takes shape
“Mel has been very supportive of the new economic team and the Party, and been exceptionally loyal, and I will always be grateful to him for the work he has done.”
