9 h. ago Yes it was BOLD and uplifting, but on so many things Kemi's merely catching up with Farage: STEPHEN GLOVER

Kemi Badenoch's speech yesterday was one of the most uplifting I have heard from a Tory leader in many years. I suspect most true Conservatives will feel the same.

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11 h. ago Meet Britain's tallest Tory who towered over Kemi Badenoch... a 22

Standing at 7ft 2in, James McAlpine towered over the 5ft 4in Tory leader as she thanked him for being 'our tallest member' at the conference in Manchester today.

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12 h. ago Kemi Badenoch emphatically sees off Tory leadership rivals with stunning 'big bazooka' promise to abolish stamp duty and 'save Britain' from Starmer's doom loop

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch electrified her party's annual conference in Manchester by announcing plans for an audacious £9 billion tax cut funded by a crackdown on welfare and waste.

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12 h. ago Kemi Badenoch has put her stamp on the Tory leadership with big tax reveal – but will it be enough to save her?

After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

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14 h. ago The Tories have vowed to abolish stamp duty – what is it and what will Labour and Reform do?

Kemi Badenoch pledges to make wide cuts as part of her ‘blueprint for Britain’

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15 h. ago 3 major areas Kemi Badenoch says she'll fix which Tories broke in first place

Kemi Badenoch used her Tory conference speech to claim the Conservatives are the ones who can fix the key issues facing Britain. She'll be furious to find out who's really to blame

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15 h. ago With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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15 h. ago Even the Conservatives can't stop talking about Andy Burnham

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch made sure to mention the Greater Manchester mayor in her speech at the party's conference

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16 h. ago Badenoch vows to scrap stamp duty for primary homes in bid to free up housing market

Economists have welcomed the plans – but questions remain over how the party would pay for it

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16 h. ago Could we REALLY scrap stamp duty? What ditching the hated tax would cost and why it could boost the economy

We explain how much stamp duty people pay, how much it adds to the Treasury coffers and what could replace it if it is axed.

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16 h. ago All the weirdest, scariest and embarrassing things we saw at Tory conference 2025

It's been a rough few days for Kemi Badenoch and co at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester - from botched merch, rows of empty seats and Robert Jenrick being a bit odd

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16 h. ago Stamp duty ‘not necessarily the biggest barrier’ to buying a home

Experts were reacting to Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch’s announcement about abolishing stamp duty on people’s primary homes.

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16 h. ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Empty seats at Tory conference underline grim reality for troubled party

'Kemi Badenoch has probably bought herself some time with the Tory party - at least until the looming nightmare of the local elections in May. But was anyone else listening?'

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17 h. ago Badenoch silences the Tory plotters as her 'bold' plan to ABOLISH stamp duty is hailed by Kirstie Allsopp and economists after barnstorming conference speech

Mrs Badenoch delivered a barnstorming rallying cry to Tories that culminated in a fresh pledge to ditch the hated purchase tax on family homes to revive the dream of ownership.

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17 h. ago DAN HODGES: In one instant Kemi Badenoch transformed everything

Kemi Badenoch has earned a single, final chance to save herself and her party.

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17 h. ago Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – UK politics live

The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairerVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is seen as the favourite and, as Jessica Elgot reports, Powell told supporters yesterday that, if she is elected, she will use the post to argue for changes in the way the government is operating. “We can’t sugarcoat the fact that things aren’t going well,” she said.Powell is no longer a government minister and, if she is elected deputy leader, she will do the job from the backbenches. In an interview on Newsnight last night, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary standing against Powell, said a Powell victory would be “destabilising” for the party. She said:[Electing Powell] risks destabilising the party we best achieve what we need to do together when we have those fierce conversations, including disagreements, behind closed doors.Members need to understa...

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18 h. ago Who is Kemi Badenoch's husband Hamish? Tory leader uses conference speech to thank 'Ham' as she tells party members she 'would not be standing here today' without him

In her keynote address to the Tory gathering in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch hailed the party as 'my family', adding this was 'in many ways quite literally'.

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18 h. ago Kemi's support hits new heights! Moment 7ft 2in student and 'tallest Conservative in Britain' chats to Tory leader after she delivered conference speech

Photos show 22-year-old James McAlpine congratulating the Tory leader after she delivered a barnstorming speech to close the Conservative conference in Manchester.

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18 h. ago Stamp duty and LBTT: What is stamp duty? Why is Kemi Badenoch scrapping it? Does stamp duty exist in Scotland?

Kemi Badenoch wants to scrap stamp duty for people’s primary homes - and there is a push to axe a similar tax in Scotland

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18 h. ago Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap Stamp Duty as Tories desperately battle for attention

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch used her party conference speech to brazenly claim that the Tories were the only ones to undo the damage they inflicted in power

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