16 h. ago Badenoch says a family member died after struggles with ‘excessive internet use’

The Conservative leader told the Daily Mail: ‘My views about the dangers of social media are not just about children.’

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17 h. ago 'I had a young cousin who went down an online 'rabbit hole' and killed himself. I've seen what excessive internet use can do... it's heart

In her most personal interview yet, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells The Daily Mail about the loss of her younger cousin, 'who went down an online "rabbit hole" and killed himself'.

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48 h. ago Fears of Tory coup after Robert Jenrick sets up WhatsApp group in plea for marathon donations

The shadow justice secretary was attempting to share a fundraising link for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity he is running for at next weekend's London marathon.

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48 h. ago Kemi Badenoch tells David Tennant 'I was right!': Defiant Tory leader takes swipe at Dr Who star after Supreme Court ruling on definition of a 'woman'

The Tory leader returned to her past row with the former Dr Who star in the wake of the judgment by the UK's highest court.

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50 h. ago British Transport Police confirms search policy change in light of gender ruling

It came as the head of the equalities watchdog branded the court judgment ‘enormously consequential’.

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53 h. ago Kemi Badenoch dismisses suggestions Robert Jenrick threatens her Tory leadership

The Tory leader insisted she has a ‘great team’ when asked about reports Mr Jenrick added some 600 people to a WhatsApp group.

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3 d. ago DAN HODGES: The REAL reason Kemi Badenoch has jumped on the bandwagon of woman jailed over racist tweets

Just how far is Kemi Badenoch planning to go to stop Nigel Farage ? Based on her support for Lucy Connolly, the answer is: as far as she has to.

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3 d. ago Celebrations as campaigners welcome court ruling on definition of a woman

The ruling means transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if ‘proportionate’.

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3 d. ago Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single

The UK’s highest court has ruled in favour of campaigners For Women Scotland.

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3 d. ago Campaigners say Supreme Court ruling on biological sex ‘a watershed for women’

Former MP Joanna Cherry said there must be ‘a sea-change’ across the public sector to recognise the law has been clarified.

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner under fresh fire over plans to hand more powers to unions after she failed to stand up to striking barons in Birmingham

After workers voted to prolong the crippling strikes, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told the Mail it was clear 'unions now run our country'.

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4 d. ago JD Vance in new clash with Zelensky as Russia raises objections to Ukraine peace deal

The US vice-president dismissed as ‘absurd’ the suggestion from Ukraine’s president that he had somehow sought to ‘justify’ Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

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6 d. ago Tories demand ministers ‘get a grip’ after Manchester Arena bomber’s brother’s attack on prison officers

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick hit out after Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three prison guards

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6 d. ago Lib Dems ‘promote veganism’ when in charge of councils, Griffith says

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith said he was ‘worried about Liberal Democrat pacts’ as he claimed the party ‘typically promotes veganism’.

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch forced to admit claim about trying to save British Steel was false

Kemi Badenoch said yesterday she had “negotiated a modernisation plan” last year, but under questioning from Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds today, she was forced to admit no deal had been completed.

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7 d. ago Humiliated Kemi Bandeoch forced to admit claim about trying to save British Steel wasn't true

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had claimed she had "negotiated a modernisation plan" with British Steel - but under questioning from Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, she was forced to admit no deal was on the table

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8 d. ago Tories lose ground on Reform ahead of local elections as Farage party wins first council seat in red Manchester and threatens Labour in Wales

Kemi Badenoch's party trails Reform and Labour by two points on 22 per cent, down a point, according to Techne, ahead of the May 1 vote.

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8 d. ago One stock seems truly doomed this week: if you hold any Kemi Badenoch, accept my condolences | Marina Hyde

Hard to know if her leadership is sheer ineptitude or an act of artistic expression. This week, humiliated by Nigel Farage. Next week, who can tell?It’s intriguing to watch the Conservative party treating next month’s local elections in England like a movie in which it has a secret cameo. Please don’t spoil the surprise for the fans! But yes – it turns out it is actually in this film. Who knew? For all of Labour’s many upsets since it came to power, it doesn’t feel as though a single one has been skilfully turned in the Tories’ favour. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is very, very bad – so bad that you can’t even be bothered to come up with anything other than a will-this-do nickname for her. Kemi Very Badenoch.More often than not since KVB beat Robert Jenrick in the leadership equivalent of Argentina v West Germany, she has seemed to be running the party like a performance art project you really wouldn’t want to see. Sorry – that’s obviously a tautology. We can just say “like a p...

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9 d. ago Farage rejects Badenoch’s suggestion of potential local Tory

The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, whose leader Mr Farage has vowed to ‘destroy’ the Tory party.

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9 d. ago BBC Breakfast viewers blast 'appalling and disgraceful' Naga Munchetty as she attacks Kemi Badenoch for not watching Netflix's Adolescence

During Thursday's instalment of the programme, Naga, 50, returned to the iconic red sofa to deliver the latest headlines alongside co-host Charlie Stayt, 62.

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