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KEMI Badenoch has confirmed two former Tory leadership rivals will be part of her cabinet.

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Dame Priti and Mr Stride were both early rivals of Kemi Badenoch during the Tory leadership contest.

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She was a passionate supporter of Brexit and threw her weight behind the much-maligned Rwanda deportation scheme.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke amid calls from some Tories for the Labour MP to have the whip removed.

Robert Jenrick was named shadow justice secretary, Mel Stride shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary

Laura Trott will serve as shadow education secretary in Ms Badenoch’s frontbench team, it is understood.

It is thought Ms Badenoch said the first challenge for the party will be winning back council seats at local elections.