26 h. ago Tories to push for Commons vote demanding release of 'China files' linked to collapsed spying trial

Kemi Badenoch 's party will use a House of Commons debate to call for the release of Government documents related to the trial.

Politics

40 h. ago Theresa May criticises Tory policy on net zero, judges and human rights

The former prime minister’s government committed the UK to reaching net zero by 2050.

Events

46 h. ago Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

Politics

3 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Panicky Labour is now losing more votes to Zack Polanski's loony Left Greens than it is to naughty Nigel Farage

QUENTIN LETTS: Hallowe'en arrived early for Sir Keir Starmer last week when an opinion poll found the Greens to be level with Labour. Eek! No wonder the Prime Minister is looking so knackered.

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3 d. ago DAN HODGES: Senior MPs tell me divisive shadow minister Katie Lam is plotting with Dominic Cummings to replace Kemi as leader. But this is what all taxpayers need to know about her past

'She's working with Dom Cummings to bring down Kemi, and replace her as leader after the local elections next year,' one shadow minister tells me. 'They've been plotting together for months.'

Politics

4 d. ago KEMI BADENOCH: The Chancellor is going after your money because she can't get a grip on spending

If you tax something, you get less of it. She taxed jobs, now more people are unemployed. She taxed education, now schools are closing down. And now it looks like she's coming after people's savings.

Economics

4 d. ago 'A level of incompetence that beggars belief': Kemi rips into PM as manhunt continues after Epping asylum hotel sex attacker is freed by mistake

A police manhunt was sparked for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was accidentally released back into the community rather than to an immigration centre.

Events

5 d. ago Badenoch declines to endorse Jenrick comments over Andrew’s living arrangements

The shadow justice secretary said on Tuesday that Andrew had ’embarrassed the royal family time and again’.

Politics

6 d. ago Identification of migrant who returned to UK from France shows progress – Lammy

The man was detained after entering the UK a second time on October 18, a month after he was returned to France.

Events

6 d. ago Potential grooming gangs chair accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'weaponising' inquiry

Jim Gamble was the second candidate to chair the probe to pull out of the process - and said Ms Badenoch and others were using victims as a "political football" and using their voices to launch attacks on the government

Events

6 d. ago Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office

Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefitsThe Conservative MP Katie Lam was “broadly in line” with party policy when she called for very large numbers of legally settled people to be deported from the UK, Kemi Badenoch’s spokesperson has said.Setting out Tory plans to retrospectively strip the right of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) from people who claim benefits, the spokesperson said this would not be the case for people getting the state pension, but was unable to say whether someone could be deported if they received statutory maternity pay or shared parental leave. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says full burqa ban 'not a priority' as she widens split with Robert Jenrick after shadow minister claimed Muslim veils SHOULD be outlawed

The Conservative leader dismissed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick 's suggestion that the Muslim face veil should be outlawed entirely.

Politics

7 d. ago Baroness Casey hauled in to save grooming gangs inquiry after four survivors quit, Starmer announces at PMQs

It comes as four survivors quit the probe citing concerns

Events

7 d. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling on child grooming gang inquiry

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (22 October).

Society

7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch 'caught red handed' trying to pass Tories off as ordinary voters in video

Kemi Badenoch has been mocked after sharing a clip showing her visiting a woman's home and talking about stamp duty - only for it to emerge that two people who took part are Tory councillors

Politics

7 d. ago Robert Jenrick accused of fomenting division by backing burka ban

The Tory shadow justice secretary said there was ‘a strong argument’ for a ban on the face coverings.

Politics

7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch branded 'too weak' after Robert Jenrick 'burqa ban' demand

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being 'too weak' to stand up to Robert Jenrick after he called for the burqa to be banned

Politics

8 d. ago Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to condemn the comments by Katie Lam, a former Home Office shadow minister and now a whip for the party. Lam was previously a special adviser to Boris Johnson and is often described as a rising star of the new intake. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago 'Prince Andrew scandal shows monarchy puts its own interests first, not country'

Kevin Maguire says questions must be asked over why Buckingham Palace didn't report Prince Andrew to the police and argues that a public debate on the Royal Family is now needed

Politics

1 week ago Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

Events