Conservative leader Badenoch swaps her top foreign affairs spokesperson

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has removed Dame Priti Patel as her party's foreign affairs spokesperson, the BBC reported. Tom Tugendhat takes over. Patel said on X she will remain an MP and work on building ties with similar parties abroad. The shake-up follows Claire Coutinho's maternity leave and Sir James Cleverly's exit to run for London mayor.