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David Cameron steps back from frontline politics after election defeat - but keeps Lords seat for life

David Cameron, former UK prime minister and foreign secretary, has resigned from Rishi Sunak’s top team (Lucy North/PA)

Kate Devlin and David Maddox
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David Cameron has stepped back from frontline politics after last week’s election defeat but will keep his House of Lords seat for life.

He was given a peerage last November so that Rishi Sunak could make him his foreign secretary.