Who is Alex Burghart?
New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch appointed Alex Burghart as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster around a fortnight ago when she was elected as Rishi Sunak’s successor.
The MP for Brentwood and Ongar since 2017 previously served under ex-PM Liz Truss and Mr Sunak in government until the Tories were booted out of office at the election.
The former school teacher also served as a special adviser to former PM Theresa May.
Ms Badenoch, who was crowned as Conservative leader on November 2, has not appointed a deputy to stand in for her at PMQs when Keir Starmer is out of the country.
Instead, she reportedly plans to rotate senior members of her Shadow Cabinet to go head-to-head with the Deputy PM Ms Rayner.
