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Robert Jenrick has accepted the job of shadow justice secretary in Kemi Badenoch's senior team, the BBC understands. The new Tory leader is also expected to name Dame Priti Patel as her shadow foreign secretary and Mel Stride as her shadow chancellor.

Kemi Badenoch has won the race to be Tory leader after beating Robert Jenrick. The former Business Secretary received 53,806 votes among party members, while Mr Jenrick secured just over 41,000. Ms Badenoch, 44, who was born in Wimbledon to Nigerian parents is the first black woman to lead a major British political party.