18 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says employers should be able to ban burqas in the workplace

The Tory leader also claimed she wouldn’t let people into her constituency surgeries if they wore face veils

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21 h. ago Badenoch says organisations should be able to decide if staff can wear burkas

Kemi Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings.

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24 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says company bosses should have right to ban burkas and face coverings in workplace

The Conservative Party leader also blasted first-cousin marriages and sharia courts as an ‘insidious’ barrier to cultural integration

Economics

31 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says office managers should be able to ban women from wearing face coverings

Bosses should be able to ban employees from wearing burkas, Kemi Badenoch has said.

Society

35 h. ago KEMI BADENOCH: A simple way to deter migrants? Make them wait for ten years before they can claim any benefits

Britain today seems to work more favourably for those who jump the queue, who break the rules, who get into our country illegally but then denigrate our customs and our culture.

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39 h. ago Zia Yusuf returns to Reform UK two days after quitting over burka ban stance

Former party chairman Yusuf said his decision to leave on Thursday was a ‘mistake’ and the result of ‘exhaustion’

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39 h. ago Zia Yusuf REJOINS Reform Party 48 hours after resigning over burka ban stance

Former banker Zia Yusuf has rejoined the Reform Party just 48 hours after dramatically resigning as chairman after calling out MP Sarah Pochin's 'dumb' questioning over banning the burka.

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40 h. ago Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting over burka ban stance

Former party chairman Yusuf said his decision to leave on Thursday was a ‘mistake’ and the result of ‘exhaustion’

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43 h. ago How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership reboot

Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

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47 h. ago Massive high street fashion chain puts dozens of stores and thousands of jobs at risk as bosses draw up company rescue plan

The clothing retailer, which has 230 shops and employs around 5,500 people, is taking the step after latest figures showed it suffered a £32.2 million loss in 2023.

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57 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Why the death of the Tory Party has been greatly exaggerated

The Tories are languishing in the polls behind Labour and Reform. No wonder some have read it the last rites. And yet, under Kemi Badenoch there are signs the party is flickering back to life.

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59 h. ago Reform Civil War: Now Richard Tice says chairman who quit was WRONG to oppose burka ban

Richard Tice said Zia Yusuf, who plunged Reform into chaos after resigning, had worked 'incredibly hard' and helped the party win hundreds of seats in last month's local elections.

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65 h. ago Kemi Badenoch refuses to kick Liz Truss out of Conservative Party

The Tory leader suggested such a move would be ‘neither here nor there’ for voters’ perception of the party.

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68 h. ago Downing Street ‘welcomes’ ECHR debate as Badenoch launches exit probe

A Number 10 spokesman said it was ‘important’ there were discussions about how the convention operated.

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68 h. ago Kemi Badenoch admits she is still learning how to lead the Tories: ‘It takes a while’

The Tory leader likens herself to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron as she said it ‘takes quite a while’ to get to grips with being leader of the opposition

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68 h. ago Badenoch insists Tories are still the main opposition to Labour

The Tories won just 6% of the vote in a Scottish Parliament by-election this week.

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2 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says ECHR is letting Channel migrants 'mug' Britain and is blocking action on grooming gangs as Tory leader says UK will 'likely' have to quit treaty

In a major speech, the Tory leader bemoaned the effect of the treaty in a number of areas - including tackling illegal migration, deporting sex offenders, and protecting military veterans.

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2 d. ago Senior Tory says Britain 'needs to leave' the ECHR as Kemi Badenoch launches probe into how to exit Strasbourg court

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said the Conservatives were 'increasingly of the view' that the UK needs to remove itself from the oversight of Strasbourg judges.

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2 d. ago Who are the 'Brexit badboys' tipped to replace Zia Yusuf as Reform UK turmoil deepens

Nigel Farage allies Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore have emerged as favourites to take on the chairman role

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3 d. ago Kemi's human rights exodus: Badenoch to say she's ready to quit the ECHR in order to take back control of Britain's borders

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will say today that she is 'increasingly of the view we need to leave' the Strasbourg Court to prevent activist judges frustrating attempts to deal with the migrant crisis.

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