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Badenoch prepares Tories for early general election with big reshuffle

Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel replaced by Andrew Griffith and Tom Tugendhat as shadow chancellor and shadow foreign secretary

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THE TIMES VIEW
Tories require fresh ideas as well as fresh faces
Kemi Badenoch measuring shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith for a shirt.
Badenoch prepares Tories for early general election with big reshuffle

Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel replaced by Andrew Griffith and Tom Tugendhat as shadow chancellor and shadow foreign secretary

Kemi Badenoch measuring shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith for a shirt.
COMMENT
THE TIMES VIEW
Tories require fresh ideas as well as fresh faces
Kemi Badenoch measuring shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith for a shirt.
Badenoch prepares Tories for early general election with big reshuffle

Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel replaced by Andrew Griffith and Tom Tugendhat as shadow chancellor and shadow foreign secretary

COMMENT
THE TIMES VIEW
Tories require fresh ideas as well as fresh faces

Politics

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Chancellor John Healey and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shake hands.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey talking during a visit to Sheffield.
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British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
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Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
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Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
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British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
Public spending won’t make UK wealthy, says minister sacked by Burnham
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
Public spending won’t make UK wealthy, says minister sacked by Burnham
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Social care ‘stealth tax’ leaves families £12,000 poorer
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Social care ‘stealth tax’ leaves families £12,000 poorer
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
England loses 6,500 manufacturing businesses in past five years
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
England loses 6,500 manufacturing businesses in past five years
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
Public spending won’t make UK wealthy, says minister sacked by Burnham
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Social care ‘stealth tax’ leaves families £12,000 poorer
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
England loses 6,500 manufacturing businesses in past five years
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
Public spending won’t make UK wealthy, says minister sacked by Burnham
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Darren Jones walks on Downing Street.
Public spending won’t make UK wealthy, says minister sacked by Burnham
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Social care ‘stealth tax’ leaves families £12,000 poorer
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a care home visit.
Social care ‘stealth tax’ leaves families £12,000 poorer
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
England loses 6,500 manufacturing businesses in past five years
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
Workers in a Vauxhall production facility assemble the body of a vehicle.
England loses 6,500 manufacturing businesses in past five years
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General view of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
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Photo of baby Dahlia-Rose in a yellow romper.
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Headshot of Fergus Ewing, a man with gray hair, glasses, and a purple patterned tie.
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Portrait of Magnus Linklater.
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Healthcare

Aerial drone photo of Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos, showing hotels, resorts, a white sand beach, and turquoise ocean.
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Defence

The Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV), named "Nemo," being deployed into the water during Exercise Rescuex East.
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Army rejects 200 would-be recruits a day, despite soldier shortage
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Science

Illustration of Mars, its moons Phobos and Deimos, and the sun.
Could Martian moon be an alien spaceship? This scientist will find out
UK science breakthroughs ‘are being exploited overseas’
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Environment

Thames Water workers distribute bottled water to residents in Cranleigh.
1 in 4 chance of ‘catastrophic’ water supply failure for 1m Britons
Public banned from Forestry Commission land over wildfire fears
Seed sellers tap into Gen Z’s growing love of gardening

Law

Supreme Court judge Lord Neuberger sitting in his office.
‘Rank hypocrisy’ of British judge on Hong Kong court
Villagers foil illegal building work by ‘travellers’ on water meadow
Our daughter killed herself after Treasury ‘office gossip’ complaint

Defence

The Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV), named "Nemo," being deployed into the water during Exercise Rescuex East.
How Nato helps submariners escape from an ocean floor emergency
Army rejects 200 would-be recruits a day, despite soldier shortage
Russian shadow fleet takes long way round Ireland to evade seizure

Science

Illustration of Mars, its moons Phobos and Deimos, and the sun.
Could Martian moon be an alien spaceship? This scientist will find out
UK science breakthroughs ‘are being exploited overseas’
The $4bn space observatory that will ‘kick the door down to the universe’

Environment

Thames Water workers distribute bottled water to residents in Cranleigh.
1 in 4 chance of ‘catastrophic’ water supply failure for 1m Britons
Public banned from Forestry Commission land over wildfire fears
Seed sellers tap into Gen Z’s growing love of gardening

Law

Supreme Court judge Lord Neuberger sitting in his office.
‘Rank hypocrisy’ of British judge on Hong Kong court
Villagers foil illegal building work by ‘travellers’ on water meadow
Our daughter killed herself after Treasury ‘office gossip’ complaint