6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch brutally mocks 'caretaker' leader Starmer at PMQs as she jibes that Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband wants to 'recycle himself' into No10

Kemi Badenoch ridiculed Keir Starmer over Labour plotting amid mounting speculation about his future.

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13 h. ago A braver Tory leader than Badenoch would dare to call out Farage's bogus patriotism | Rafael Behr

Across western democracies, established conservatives are yielding to radical nationalism. There’s no sign that Britain will be the exceptionIn free societies, when you don’t like the government, you support the opposition. In dictatorships, or under military occupation, you join the resistance. The distinction isn’t precise but it matters.All European democracies have radical anti-immigration parties, some on the fringes of opposition, some that have crossed into the mainstream. None qualify as heroic resistance movements, except in the minds of white supremacists who see liberal institutions as part of a conspiracy to ruin Europe by filling it with foreigners. That is also the view taken in the new White House national security strategy, published last week.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Tory 'war on workers' as Kemi Badenoch says minimum wage shouldn't go any higher

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's comments come just weeks after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed pay hikes for around 2.6million workers at her Budget from April 2026

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3 d. ago Shock as third of new cars bought in Wales last year paid for by taxpayers and given to welfare claimants

A THIRD of new cars bought in Wales last year were paid for by taxpayers and given to welfare claimants, figures show. It highlights how the Motability scheme is fuelling the soaring benefits bill. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who uncovered the statistics, will say in a speech this week that the Tories would ban people...

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7 d. ago Reeves accused of forcing OBR chief to quit after watchdog revealed truth about Budget black hole

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Rachel Reeves for forcing Richard Hughes to resign as chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) because he revealed that she had potentially misled the public over the existence of a spending black hole

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7 d. ago Watch PMQs live: Keir Starmer accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'completely losing the plot'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing off with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for the first time since the Budget was unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last week

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1 week ago Moment Reeves refuses to meet Kemi Badenoch's eye in TV showdown after Tory leader branded her a liar and ridiculed her 'sexism' complaints

Chancellor Rachel Reeves looked away as she was stared down by Mrs Badenoch on screen before their separate interviews on the BBC this morning.

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1 week ago No 10 denies Reeves 'lied to public about £21bn black hole' before budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

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1 week ago No 10 denies Reeves misled public over the UK's finances ahead of Budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor had ‘lied to the public’ and should be sacked

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1 week ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves admits ‘working people will pay more’ but denies breaking manifesto tax pledge

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

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1 week ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes to record high as economic growth forecast to weaken

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

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2 w. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves announces £26bn tax rises and scraps two

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch brands package of measures ‘a smorgasbord of misery’ and urges chancellor to resign

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2 w. ago NHS must be blocked from running a puberty blocker medical experiment on kids, demands Kemi Badenoch

WES Streeting must block the NHS running a puberty blocker medical experiment on kids, Kemi Badenoch demanded last night. The Tory leader slammed the Health Secretary for refusing to halt a clinical trial she warned would “harm” children. Ms Badenoch claimed the health service study is “activist ideology masquerading as research”. She said that “vulnerable”...

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3 w. ago Starmer refuses to rule out freeze on income tax thresholds in Budget

Labour prime minister under pressure from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

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3 w. ago Reform UK's Nigel Farage to address the nation today in 'bear the brunt' attack

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will also accuse Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves of planning to increase taxes on working people to fund a bloated benefits bill

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