5 h. ago Kemi Badenoch urges Prime Minister to cut foreign aid and pour money into defence

The Tory leader wrote in a letter that 'this is no time for dither', arguing: 'History has been unforgiving to politicians who, faced with growing threats, chose procrastination over action.'

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6 h. ago Tory MPs 'give Kemi until next spring to see off Farage threat

Kemi Badenoch is under mounting pressure to face down the threat of Reform UK with senior party figures 'watching and waiting', ready to force through a leadership challenge in Spring 2026.

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37 h. ago Fact check: Around half of prisoners say they grew up with both parents

The Conservative Party did not explain where a figure that its leader cited came from.

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63 h. ago Fact check: Liberal Democrats’ 2024 manifesto supported renewal of Trident

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch questioned Lib Dem commitments to the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

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3 d. ago Badenoch and Davey hit out at Trump’s claim Zelensky is a ‘dictator’

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have engaged in a war of words since the US began talks with Russia on ending the war without Ukraine.

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3 d. ago Starmer in public row with most senior judge over Gaza immigration decision

The PM doubled down on his previous suggestion that it was ‘for Parliament to make laws and for the government to decide policy’

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4 d. ago SARAH VINE: Why the speech in which she bravely said 'some cultures are better than others' could mark a turning point in Kemi's fortunes

Kemi Badenoch arguably has the worst job in politics. Inheriting a battered, bruised and virtually broke Tory Party in an atmosphere of rampant populism.

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4 d. ago Tory fury at judge who said criticising immigration ruling was 'unacceptable'

Kemi Badenoch hit back at England's top judge last night as a row broke out over the right to criticise the judiciary.

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4 d. ago Cooper defends Government’s immigration tribunal criticism after judge’s rebuke

The Home Secretary said Labour would press ahead with its plan to close ‘loopholes’ in the system.

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4 d. ago Why Kemi Badenoch's decision to align Tories with Trump will destroy them

Echoing Donald Trump may seem like a good idea now, but does anyone really think his presidency will end well?

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4 d. ago Badenoch dismisses concerns of judge over immigration tribunal PMQs exchange

The Lady Chief Justice said she was ‘deeply troubled’ about last Wednesday’s Commons session.

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4 d. ago Top judge 'attempting to suppress criticism' of the courts after she hits out at Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch for highlighting Gaza refugee decision

The backlash came after Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, revealed she had written to Sir Keir Starmer over his exchanges in the House of Commons last week.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage calls for reindustrialisation of Britain and higher birthrates

Reform leader tells ARC conference the UK needs ‘some sense of optimism’ and praises ‘Judeo-Christian culture’UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has called for the “reindustrialisation” of Britain and “180-degree shift” to reverse the declining birthrate, as he praised the “Judeo-Christian culture” that he claimed underpinned western civilisation.Addressing a global gathering of rightwing activists in London, the Reform leader said the UK should rebuild its heavy industry, including through the domestic production of steel, oil and gas. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Deeply troubled’ judge writes to Starmer over immigration tribunal PMQ exchange

Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said she was ‘deeply troubled to learn of the exchanges’ between Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch.

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4 d. ago Are Kemi Badenoch’s days as Tory leader numbered? Take our poll and have your say

After more than 100 days at the helm of a faltering Tory party and a string of high-profile gaffes, Kemi Badenoch's leadership is facing growing doubts. Do you think she has what it takes?

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4 d. ago Farage bemoans ‘miserable’ Rachel Reeves amid call to ‘reindustrialise’

The Reform UK leader said ‘we need a change of attitude in Britain’.

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4 d. ago How Kemi Badenoch revealed she has the heart of a romantic poet

Conservative leader warns ‘our country and all of Western civilisation will be lost’ unless her party gets its act together

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4 d. ago This is Farage’s moment of reckoning: he can choose British voters – or Putin and Trump | Gaby Hinsliff

The Reform leader and Kemi Badenoch have struck the wrong alliances at the wrong time. Ukrainian sovereignty is a cause close to rightwing heartsTiming is everything in politics. So when the leader of the opposition realised she was due to be making a speech heaping praise on Donald Trump, just as the president plunged her own country into a national security crisis, you might think even she would have hesitated.But seemingly nothing can keep Kemi Badenoch from a culture war, not even the threat of an actual war. So, at a rightwing conference in London on Monday morning, she duly ripped into corporate diversity policies, climate activism, Keir Starmer taking the knee four and a half years ago, and various other imagined threats to western civilisation that are not forcing Britain to consider deploying troops against them, before concluding triumphantly that when people ask her what difference a change of leader makes, her answer is, “Take a look at President Trump.”Gaby Hinsliff is ...

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5 d. ago KEMI BADENOCH: We need to fight for our values now or Western civilisation will be lost

We know that the West has given the world amazing ideas and values, from democracy and free markets to our banking systems. Yet around us we see so much decline that we doubt ourselves.

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5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch’s mission to save the world is missing the point

Editorial: the Conservative leader’s bold claim that, without her party, Western civilisation may fall, highlights her ongoing struggle for relevance

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