Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to guide Conservative training workforce

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to guide Conservative training workforce


Laura Trott has been appointed shadow training secretary in Kemi Badenoch’s front-bench workforce, it has been reported.

The appointment was made at the moment simply hours earlier than training secretary Bridget Phillipson and her ministers are as a result of face training questions in Parliament.

Trott is the MP for Sevenoaks in Kent and served as pensions minister after which chief secretary to the Treasury in Rishi Sunak’s authorities.

The appointment comes after Badenoch received the Conservative management election, beating opponent Robert Jenrick with 56.5 per cent of the members’ vote.

Trott replaces Damian Hinds, the previous training secretary and colleges minister, who had served within the shadow position for the reason that Conservatives misplaced the election in July.

It’s not clear whether or not Hinds might be appointed to a different position within the front-bench workforce.