Kemi Badenoch has brought her former leadership rival Sir James Cleverly back to the front bench as part of a reshuffle of her senior team.
The former home and foreign secretary has been appointed shadow housing secretary to take on Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister.
The Conservative leader announced Sir James's return saying her party was "moving into a new phase" and she wanted to "make sure all our heavy hitters are on the bench."
Cleverly has replaced Kevin Hollinrake, who has become the chairman of the Conservative Party.
Speaking to broadcasters, Badenoch said the reshuffle was "an opportunity to bring back a very very talented colleague in James Cleverly, and I'm thrilled he is taking on the shadow housing and local government brief".
"Its about bringing back experience. James is a former foreign and home secretary, former party chairman he has a lot more experience that anyone on Labour's front bench."