Tory reshuffle Cleverly back on frontbench as he takes on housing brief for Badenoch

James Cleverly will return to the Conservative frontbench as the new shadow housing secretary, facing off against Angela Rayner, as part of a reshuffle of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet.

- Jessica Elgot Peter Walker

Badenoch has kept much of her top team in place, including the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, shadow home secretary, Robert Jenrick, and shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, despite grumblings from some backbenchers who would like to see promotions for some new generation MPs.

Richard Holden, the party's former chair who came under fire for switching seats at the last election, will also return to the shadow cabinet with the transport brief. Also promoted is Neil O'Brien, the former levelling-up minister, who will attend shadow cabinet with the brief of policy development.

A number of shadow ministers have been moved from their roles or demoted. The former health minister Edward Argar has stepped down as shadow health secretary, which he said was on the advice of his doctors after a "health scare" this summer.

He will be replaced by Stuart Andrew, a former minister who had been shadow culture secretary.