David Cameron Quits Frontbench Amid Post-Election Tory Reshuffle

Following his party’s defeat in the general election, former Tory leader and the foreign secretary of Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet, David Cameron has quit. Lord Cameron’s resignation from the Conservatives’ frontbench comes amid a reshuffle, as the Tories transition into the shadow cabinet. Lord Cameron, who took on the role of the foreign secretary in an unexpected return to the Cabinet in November, has been replaced by his former deputy Andrew Mitchell. “It’s been a huge honour to serve as foreign secretary, but clearly the Conservative Party in opposition will need to shadow the new foreign secretary from the Commons. So I told Rishi Sunak that I would step back. I’m delighted that the shadow foreign secretary role has gone to my good friend Andrew Mitchell,” Lord Cameron said in an X post....