Kemi Badenoch
British politician and Leader of the Opposition to the British Government (2024–present) and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024 (born 1980)
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Ukraine’s freedom is not President Trump’s to bargain away.”
- Current U.K. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said bluntlyPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/forec…
To those who say ‘unite the right’, we are not uniting with that."
- The remarks follow Mrs Badenoch’s Conservative Party conference speech on Wednesday, in which she accused Reform of wanting to "take us backwards", addingThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…
I absolutely do not support it.”
- Badenoch called it “a silly thing to do”, addingGuardiantheguardian.com/business/2026…
We let them down and we want them to come back home."... To those who say 'unite the right', we are not uniting with that. "People deserve better than that and we are going to give them better than that. Character, conduct, and standards matter."
- She described many Reform voters as "our people", adding... Following a section of the speech mocking some of Reform's senior figures, Badenoch said... She alsoBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
- Listing some of Reform’s supposed failings around financial probity and, she suggested, its problematic attitude to race, Badenoch saidIrish Timesirishtimes.com/world/uk…
- she said, getting a standing ovation from the audience of party membersThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…
We are ready for an election whenever it’s called,
- Badenoch insisted on WednesdayPolitico Europepolitico.eu/article/5…
We are under new management. There’s a new captain. There’s a new coach. There’s a new owner, effectively, which is all me,
- is how Badenoch put it to GB NewsPolitico Europepolitico.eu/article/5…
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Russia deal, execution plans and deportations tell a defining tale about Trump and power
CNNcnn.com/2026/10…Kemi Badenoch: As a child I saw lynch mobs kill people
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Financial Timesft.com/content/68fd8c4f…The warnings from the State Department and the Pentagon were sent over the weekend to officials in Ukraine and Europe, including communications from the US military directly to Ukrainian commanders
CNNcnn.com/2026/10…Sanctions and frozen assets among issues Ukraine will raise at EU Foreign Affairs Council
Ukrainska Pravdapravda.com.ua/eng/news…Sasha Vakulina analyses Donald Trump's announcement of an immediate energy ceasefire, what has been agreed, and what his call for Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about US–Ukraine relations
Euronewseuronews.com/2026/10…Kemi Badenoch secures poll bounce and warns Tories to prepare for potential pre-Christmas election
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…With the Conservatives ever so slowly inching up in opinion polls (from a very low base), and the insurgent populist party Reform UK beginning to slide as its leader Nigel Farage is almost daily tainted by new embarrassments and scandals, Badenoch left nobody wondering about how she plans to take the fight to Britain’s equivalent of Pauline Hanson
WAtodaywatoday.com.au/world/europe…Earlier
After years of messy Toryism, Kemi Badenoch is a true Conservative
The Timesthetimes.com/comment/columnist…Robert Jenrick launches scathing broadside against ‘Kensington Kemi’
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…After years of messy Toryism, Kemi Badenoch is a true Conservative
The Timesthetimes.com/comment/columnist…Farage opens door to Reform-Tories post-election pact — one day after Badenoch ruled it out
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…There was the requisite rapture among the Labour faithful after his deeply-personal speech, delivered without a tie or a lectern and, at times, with tears in his eyes
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Kemi Badenoch’s speech drew a moral dividing line between Tories and Reform
Financial Timesft.com/content/771d64f2…Hedgehog among four animals chosen to feature on new banknotes
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…BBC Question Time audience member blames 'radical left' for banknotes change
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Kemi Badenoch woos Middle England back to the ‘no-nonsense’ centre ground
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Kemi Badenoch doesn’t care what the BBC thinks, and that changes everything
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Kemi Badenoch refuses to 'unite' with Reform UK in Conservative conference speech
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/video…She attacked Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Labour Party and her right-wing rivals, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/5…Badenoch attacks Burnham’s conference speech
Financial Timesft.com/content/ff0da577…Will Tory donors splash the cash?
Politico Europepolitico.eu/podcast/eu…Five things Kemi Badenoch must do to win
Financial Timesft.com/content/8b0ad0c9…Badenoch pledges inheritance tax changes as she pitches Tories as 'no-nonsense' party
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap inheritance tax (IHT) on family homes and increase the amount couples can leave tax-free to £1m, in her keynote speech at the party's conference in Birmingham
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Kemi Badenoch promises to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Financial Timesft.com/content/742f1f44…The Tories promised to cut inheritance tax before
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/money/tax…Purged of Reform traitors, the Tory conference settles for an Iranian drone and Teletubbies
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…As Kemi Badenoch basked in the applause of the Tory faithful at the close of her pivotal speech at Conservative party conference last year, one member of her shadow cabinet looked less than enthused
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Badenoch hits back after Jeremy Clarkson's jibe about empty seats: 'This conference is buzzing'
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Political party conferences can be weird events — where positive thinking and hopeful rhetoric can crowd out reality
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Kemi Badenoch promises tax cuts in ‘battle for the soul of this nation’
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Badenoch's £10bn air defence plan points to growing concern over protecting UK's skies
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The Tories pledged to build Britain its own £10bn ‘Iron Dome’ missile interception system — but now even the party leader is backtracking
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Can Kemi Badenoch return the Tories to power?
Financial Timesft.com/content/55b65eed…Bridget Phillipson accuses Badenoch of wanting to scrap the minimum wage
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…They are now mainly Liberal Democrat, and there’s not one Tory MP in all of Oxfordshire
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…I thought Britain was finished. Kemi Badenoch has given me hope
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Kemi Badenoch to make inheritance tax cut core of conference speech
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Kemi Badenoch puts cutting ‘immoral’ inheritance tax at core of speech
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Tories plan ‘bonfire’ of red tape in bid to speed up development — Griffith
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/busines…Conservatives vow to scrap Natural England and Environment Agency in red tape ‘bonfire’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Kemi Badenoch casts aside ‘red wall’ focus as she returns Tories to their roots
Financial Timesft.com/content/9e7ba6a7…Kemi Badenoch must seize the moment to make bold economic case
The Timesthetimes.com/comment/the…Kemi Badenoch pledges to end £100,000 childcare 'Cliff Edge' ahead of conservative conference
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1418735…A sharp remark about British complacency highlighted the immense challenge for Kemi Badenoch, when the leader of the nation’s Conservative Party sought to outline her mission in a major speech on Sunday
WAtodaywatoday.com.au/world/europe…Battle of the tapestries: Labour targets Tories with rival Bayeux mock-up
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…As the Tories arrive in Birmingham for their annual conference still languishing in the polls, political editor David Maddox looks at how the party’s publicity team’s version of the Bayeux Tapestry is an ill omen for Kemi Badenoch
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Andy Burnham does not know how to negotiate with EU, says Kemi Badenoch
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Under the proposal, any parent employed for at least 16 hours a week would qualify for 30 hours of free care weekly — ending the £100,000 ‘cliff edge’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Badenoch pledges to restore free childcare for high earners
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…Badenoch returns to Conservative conference much stronger than a year ago
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…Despite Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch consolidating her position and seeing improved personal ratings, the party is still far from its government heyday, and faces an ongoing challenge on the right from Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/tory…Tories pledge to end early release with 50k new prison cells
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…Prisoners praise Andy Burnham as they are freed early from jail
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Kemi Badenoch: I’ll end Britain’s broken sick-note culture
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Kemi Badenoch: ‘I refuse to play by Westminster rules’
Financial Timesft.com/content/267c7c7e…Kemi Badenoch: Burnham is just a people pleaser and Farage is not serious
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Burnham has killed off the Green Party
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/news/2026…Kemi Badenoch: Burnham is just a people pleaser and Farage is not serious
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Tories aim to be election-ready ahead of party conference
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The Tories are flattered by their status as the official opposition in parliament
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…Andy Burnham could call general election as early as May, claims Kemi Badenoch
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Andy Burnham’s openness to the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union is a signal of a leader with a mission
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/opinion/2026…Greens call for data centres pause and no nuclear
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Burnham gives Labour post-landslide euphoria absent under Starmer, says peer
Sky Newsnews.sky.com/story/andy…Rising support for the government could make this the right time for Burnham to cement his position — but experts have urged caution
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…First minister demands 'new deal' for Wales, before Plaid Cymru conference
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Andy Burnham is preparing for May election, claims Kemi Badenoch
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…The Green party leader’s speech will set out plans for a “three-year emergency brake”, which would temporarily limit rent rises to the lowest of either Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation, wage growth or 2%
Guardiantheguardian.com/politics/live…Conservatives pledge 275 more officers for region
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Police say lessons have been learned since Dover protest
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Under the Tory proposals, those aged 18 to 24 who apply for Universal Credit but have not previously worked for a continuous period of six months or more, for at least 16 hours per week, would instead have to take part in a "Get to Work" scheme
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Kemi Badenoch to bar benefits straight out of school
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Kemi Badenoch to ban young people from signing straight onto benefits if Conservatives win
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…Under the Tory proposals, those aged 18 to 24 who apply for Universal Credit but have not previously worked for a continuous period of six months or more, for at least 16 hours per week, would instead have to take part in a "Get to Work" scheme
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Kemi Badenoch to ban young people signing straight on to benefits if Conservatives win
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…Bridget Phillipson: ‘I’m a spiteful class warrior — and I’m proud’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Reform would win fewer seats than Labour and Tories, poll suggests
The Timesthetimes.com/uk/politics…Kemi Badenoch congratulates Andy Burnham on stamina after three-hour Commons questioning
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Andy Burnham received Everton directors’ lounge tickets for Premier League game worth £677
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has registered gifts worth £8,177 covering travel and accommodation for a meeting with media mogul Rupert Murdoch in Greece
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…