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Badenoch Accuses Farage of Trading Chagos for Trump's Silence
British Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch calls Nigel Farage's proposal to trade Chagos for Trump's silence on Falklands 'humiliating'.
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Badenoch and Farage clash over Chagos and Falklands
The Conservative leader attacks the Reform UK leader for suggesting he would trade British territory to secure Donald Trump's support for the Falklands.
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Reform slides to third as Badenoch lifts Tories
Kemi Badenoch's inheritance tax pledge boosts Conservative polling while Nigel Farage's party falls behind Labour for the first time since the election.
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Badenoch's Tory pitch and Green Party's Zionism row
Conference season brings Kemi Badenoch's smaller-state message and a Green Party motion that sparks Jewish community backlash.
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Badenoch gains ground as Tories ready for Christmas poll
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gain three points in latest polling as the party prepares for a potential pre-Christmas election, though Labour remains well ahead.
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Tories overstate net zero cost by £500bn in spreadsheet error
Kemi Badenoch's flagship policy document cites a figure twice the actual total, apparently after someone double-counted rows on a spreadsheet.
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Can Badenoch rebuild the Tories from opposition?
A year into her leadership, Kemi Badenoch has unified the Conservative Party around a Thatcher-inspired vision. But personal popularity has not yet translated into votes.
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Farage keeps door open to Tory pact after election
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage refuses to rule out a post-election agreement with the Conservatives, contradicting Kemi Badenoch's explicit rejection.
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Tories pledge tax cuts in free-market revival
Kemi Badenoch prepares inheritance tax cuts as Conservatives shift right, believing Labour's leftward turn creates political space.
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Badenoch refuses to say if Brexit helped London
The Conservative leader dodges questions on Brexit's impact on the capital as Labour reopens the EU debate ahead of the 2028 mayoral race.
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Phillipson accuses Badenoch of wanting to scrap minimum wage
Labour chair claims Tory leader's new book reveals plans to ditch wage protections that have defined her party's opposition for decades.
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Burnham's social care gambit splits the Tories
Labour's leader has forced a choice on pensions that divides the Conservative Party ahead of the next election.
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Tories pledge radical deregulation and tax cuts
Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith outlines Conservative plans to scrap environmental bodies, cut building rules and reduce property costs by roughly £50,000.
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Burnham faces demands to come clean with Brits about Russian 'shadow war'
Burnham pressured to explain Russian 'shadow war' threats and boost defense spending as allies warn.
Dailymail · 4m

Badenoch eyes Burnham as softer Tory target
At the Conservative conference, Kemi Badenoch's team sees an opening to attack the prime minister's economic record and challenge rivals across the country.
POLITICO · 1m
Kemi Badenoch backs King Charles in Diana memoir row
Kemi Badenoch publicly supports King Charles amid dispute over Earl Spencer's searing Diana memoir.
Dailymail · 3m

Badenoch's modest gains mask a long Tory road back
The Conservative leader has improved her personal ratings and faces a weakened Reform UK, but the party still lags in national polls and faces old divisions over Brexit and the EU.
POLITICO · 2m

Badenoch ally attacks Burnham's economic message
Helen Whately, a senior Conservative, brands the Prime Minister's growth strategy as economically damaging.
POLITICO · 1m

Brexit could be Badenoch's undoing, Tory conference warns
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch faces a two-front battle against Reform and Labour, with Brexit polling suggesting the issue could cost her the election.
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Mordaunt's return comes at a price
Dame Penny Mordaunt has been reinstated as a Conservative candidate after apparently abandoning her centrist positions on net zero and human rights.
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Badenoch scraps childcare cap for high earners
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch proposes removing the £100,000 salary threshold for funded childcare, funded by cutting civil service jobs.
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Joan Collins, 93, Celebrates M&S 100th Anniversary at London Fashion Week
Joan Collins, 93, shows off legs at M&S' first London Fashion Week show with stars.
Dailymail · 2m

What Tories must prove at Birmingham conference
Conservative leaders gather to show they remain a credible opposition to Labour's Andy Burnham government.
POLITICO · 2m

Badenoch claims Burnham plans early election for May 2027
Conservative leader questions why Labour PM announced policies for after the next election, suggesting a snap poll could come sooner than stated.
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Kemi Badenoch challenges Labour council tax cuts
Kemi Badenoch orders lawyers to challenge Labour's funding cuts that forced Tory-run Wandsworth Council to hike council tax by 94 per cent.
Dailymail · 2m

Tories pledge 50,000 prison places funded by aid cuts
Kemi Badenoch vows the biggest prison expansion since Queen Victoria, slashing overseas aid to £1 billion annually to pay for it.
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Young Tories defect to Lib Dems over Badenoch shift
Self-described moderates say Ed Davey's party offers them a home as Conservatives shift further right.
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Kemi Badenoch must act fast to stop Burnham snap election
Kemi Badenoch needs bold tax move to halt Andy Burnham's snap election plan.
Dailymail · 1m

Badenoch attacks Burnham over defence spending
Conservative leader accuses PM of avoiding hard choices on welfare cuts needed to fund military as security chiefs warn of Britain's weakness.
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Lib Dems plot snap election push to block Reform
Ed Davey says his party has a moral duty to stop Nigel Farage, as the Lib Dems prepare for an early election they expect to win more seats than in 2024.
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Macron sounds alarm on Russian hybrid attacks
France's president orders urgent defences against Russian drones and cyber-attacks as UK opposition demands the same response.
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Badenoch eyes scrapping the death tax
Tory sources say inheritance tax could go entirely if Kemi Badenoch reaches No 10, paid for by cutting the welfare bill.
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