97 m. ago Voices: Smiling Starmer steals PMQs victory as Badenoch misses her mark

In their last clash before the summer recess, the Tory leader struggled to expose Labour's record, writes John Rentoul

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25 h. ago Voices: Kemi Badenoch is ‘wrong and strong’ – particularly when it comes to the two

First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

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1 week ago Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Rachel Reeves’s tears will come back to haunt her

Neither her party nor the public seems to like the Badenoch style, writes Sean O’Grady. Her tasteless lack of empathy for the chancellor is indicative of a leadership marked by arrogant dismissiveness

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2 w. ago Voices: Has Kemi Badenoch finally shown the killer instinct to save her as Tory leader?

Her filleting of Starmer and Reeves in the Commons is arguably her biggest success since becoming opposition leader. It could silence complaints by her Conservative critics that she lacks the ruthless skills needed to become prime minister, writes Simon Walters.

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2 w. ago Watch: RNLI rescues kayaking expedition gone wrong in strong winds

Watch as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) steps in following a kayaking expedition off Cullercoats Bay, North Tyneside.

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2 w. ago Watch: RNLI rescues kayaking expedition goes wrong in strong wings

Watch as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) steps in following a kayaking expedition off Cullercoats Bay, North Tyneside.

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