David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the windfall tax on oil and gas companies needs to be axed while addressing a Scottish Conservatives party conference in Edinburgh Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and...
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of indulging in “fantasy economics” over their approaches to welfare policies. Writing in the Daily Mail, Badenoch says both leaders believe in getting struggling taxpayers to “fund unlimited child support for others”. Her commentary comes after the...
Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent BBC Listen to Henry read this article “Could this be like the 1920s where the Liberals got overtaken by Labour – but this time it’s the Conservative Party being overtaken by Reform?” It’s an interesting question – perhaps a little niche. But it’s certainly not a question you’d expect to...
Sam Francis Political reporter Watch: Leaders clash over grooming scandal Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of breaking its promise to set up five local inquiries into grooming gangs despite pledging to do so. The Conservative leader said Sir Keir Starmer had promised £5m to fund five locally-led investigations into grooming gangs but delivered just...
Francesca Gillett BBC News PA Media Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has rejected criticism of her leadership, saying anonymous critics from within her party are “cowards”. “I’m not afraid of cowards,” she told BBC Newsnight. Two anonymous Tories used an article in the Critic magazine to call for her to stand down, as the party braces...
Kemi Badenoch has rejected claims of a rift with shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick over whether the party should form a pact with Reform UK. The Conservative leader has always ruled out such a deal, arguing that Nigel Farage’s party is seeking to destroy the Tories. In a leaked recording obtained by Sky News, Jenrick...