Kemi Badenoch reshuffling Tory shadow cabinet today - James Cleverly set to return to frontbench

Ms Badenoch is reorganising her frontbench for the first time since she became Conservative leader - and leader of the opposition - in November 2024.

She announced Ed Argar is stepping down as shadow health secretary following a recent health scare and another last year, which he said "has continued to impact me".

In his resignation letter, Mr Argar said he has listened to his doctors and family and concluded he needed to lighten his workload to complete his recovery and "fully restore my health" - and hopes he can be on the frontbench again.

A replacement for Mr Argar has not yet been announced.

Sir James, who served as both foreign and home secretary, is understood to be being brought into Ms Badenoch's shadow cabinet in a "prominent frontbench role", a senior Conservative source said.

However, it is understood he will not be made shadow chancellor, currently Mel Stride's role.

Many thought Sir James would beat Ms Badenoch to the leadership role last year, but he failed to make the final two.

Last week, asked if he still had leadership ambitions, Sir James said: "I've forced a discipline on myself which is not to jump at something."

-SKY NEWS