With the shadow cabinet reshuffle completed, Kemi Badenoch is now turning her attention to the junior ranks. One of the initial complaints of her leadership was that she was insufficiently connected to other parts of the parliamentary party. The appointment of John Glen, a respected long-serving former minister, as her parliamentary private secretary (PPS) has helped rectify this. But now Badenoch has gone further, appointing a second PPS in the form of a much younger Member from the 2024 intake: Jack Rankin. Energetic and robust, he is viewed as a staunch right-winger and regular........

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