Badenoch is set to reshuffle her shadow cabinet this week, with Priti Patel and Mel Stride under threat

Andrew Griffith, shadow business secretary, is the frontrunner to replace Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor if Badenoch's reshuffle proceeds as expected on Tuesday.

Kemi Badenoch's reshuffle may see Dame Priti Patel lose her shadow foreign secretary role, with one source describing her as "a fringe figure" not properly part of the team.

Kemi Badenoch is set to conduct a sweeping shadow cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, with Dame Priti Patel as shadow foreign secretary and Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor both at risk of losing their positions. James Cleverly's decision to quit the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor forced Badenoch's hand, with a string of other gaps also opening up. One source described Patel as "a fringe figure" who is "not really properly part of the team" and said a more robust Treasury voice is needed to replace Stride.

Andrew Griffith, shadow business secretary, is the frontrunner to take over as shadow chancellor if Stride is moved.

Julia Lopez's brief also needs reshuffling after Andy Burnham's government scrapped the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

One Tory MP pushed back, calling Stride "a perfect foil for Kemi" who "has actually done a pretty good job."

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