Kemi Badenoch has carried out the most significant reshuffle of her shadow cabinet since taking office, ahead of Parliament's return this week and October's party conference. Sir Mel Stride was replaced as shadow chancellor by Andrew Griffith, seen as closely aligned with Badenoch's push for a 'new economic revolution’, while Claire Coutinho moved from shadow energy secretary to shadow business secretary. Dame Priti Patel was replaced as shadow foreign secretary by Tom Tugendhat, and Sir James Cleverly stood down as shadow housing secretary to seek the Conservative candidacy for London mayor. The changes follow reports of discontent on the backbenches and a perceived need to remove underperforming frontbenchers, with Stride, Patel and Cleverly all now on the backbenches. The reshuffle is seen as an attempt to reset the party's direction and sharpen its challenge to Andy Burnham's Labour government before the next general election.