3 d. ago Tories lose ground on Reform ahead of local elections as Farage party wins first council seat in red Manchester and threatens Labour in Wales

Kemi Badenoch's party trails Reform and Labour by two points on 22 per cent, down a point, according to Techne, ahead of the May 1 vote.

Politics

4 d. ago Farage rejects Badenoch’s suggestion of potential local Tory

The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, whose leader Mr Farage has vowed to ‘destroy’ the Tory party.

Politics

4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch slated for saying Tories can form coalitions with Nigel Farage's Reform

Kemi Badenoch told BBC Breakfast that Conservative councillors would be free to form local coalitions with Reform, despite Nigel Farage threatening to destroy the Tories

Politics

4 d. ago Local Tories could go into coalition with Reform, says Badenoch

The Tory leader said local Conservatives would have to stick to their principles and ‘do what is right for the people in their local area’.

Politics

2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch is 'not doing enough' to earn a hearing from voters says only Tory metro mayor Lord Houchen ahead of local elections

Lord Ben Houchen hit out at the leadership, saying it needed to start putting forward concrete Tory ideas now to help see off the threat from Nigel Farage's Reform UK.

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3 w. ago Tory frontbencher defies Kemi Badenoch by hinting there WILL be a deal with Reform

Shadow transport minister Greg Smith said there 'may well' be a point when the right-wing parties need to 'play nicely' to avoid a left-wing government.

Economics

3 w. ago Tories could lose all councils won in 2021 if general election voting repeated, admits Kemi Badenoch

The Tory leader was defiant about the threat from Reform UK, urging voters to remember ‘you will have to live with what you vote for’

Politics

3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch vows 'lower taxes, better services' at Tory local election campaign launch as she says Nigel Farage's Reform 'have never run anything'

Ms Badenoch admitted that the Tories were likely to lose seats on May 1, having previously won many of them at the height of Tory popularity in 2021.

Politics

3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch tears into 'reality TV star' Nigel Farage as she mocks Reform civil war and dismisses prospect of a merger with the Tories

The Conservative Party leader said that the Uk had to move away from 'politics as showbusiness' - a pointed reference to Mr Farage's lucrative appearance on I'm A Celebrity in 2023.

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3 w. ago Badenoch hits out at ‘celebrity’ Farage as she scraps Tory net zero 2050 pledge

The Conservative leader’s criticism of her political rival came after she said it was time to ‘get real’ about reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.

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