16 h. ago Kemi Badenoch sets out £23bn cuts to Britain's welfare bill as she vows tougher rules on Motability vehicles and benefits for UK citizens only

In her keynote speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch said her party would restrict access to handouts.

Economics

23 h. ago Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidatesBritish politics is starting to look post-Conservative. That isn’t a forecast of extinction for Kemi Badenoch’s party, just an observation of decline. Their agenda-setting days are behind them. Their loyal voters are old and they are not recruiting new ones.There is vigour on the right of the political spectrum, but the most energised people prefer burning things to conserving them. In parliament, Badenoch is still leader of the official opposition but in swaths of the country, the role of chief antagonist to the government has been usurped by Nigel Farage. Every speech at the Tory conference in Manchester has been a strangulated plea for relevance. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch sets out Tory plans to deport 150,000 migrants a year with Trump

A Removals Force modelled on the ICE agency would be given £1.6 billion and ‘sweeping new powers’ including facial recognition without warning to spot illegal immigrants

Politics

4 d. ago 'I'll deport 750,000 illegal migrants': Kemi Badenoch vows to set up Trump

The new Trumpian unit is the most eye-catching measure in Kemi Badenoch's Borders Plan, which the Tory leader hopes will revive her flagging political fortunes.

Events

5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to set UK free of European Convention on Human Rights 'straitjacket' in bid to regain control of Britain's borders

In what she admits is a 'big change' in party policy, the Tory leader says the move is necessary to regain control of Britain's borders and make Parliament sovereign once more.

Politics

2 w. ago Nigel Farage's latest immigration latest crackdown plan could reignite Brexit war with Europe

The European Union has issued a warning to the UK over Nigel Farage's immigration plans, which would see EU citizens with "settled status" stripped of their benefits

Events

2 w. ago What is indefinite leave to remain? Everything you need to know about Reform's migrant benefit crackdown

The status, known as indefinite leave to remain (ILR), allows people who have lived here for more than five years to apply for British citizenship and claim benefits.

Events

2 w. ago Tory rebel sets up 'countdown clock' to day Kemi Badenoch will be toppled as leader

News about the account on X, named @kemicountdown, follows a week in which the Tory leader was hit by a fresh wave of defections to Reform UK.

Politics