A British Ice and more stop and search: Badenoch’s Tories set out new policies

Kemi Badenoch announced the Conservatives would take Britain out of the ECHR as part of the party’s ‘borders’ plan. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Kemi Badenoch warned her shadow cabinet in January not to expect any detailed policies until 2027. “We’re not creating policies for 2028 in 2025,” a Tory spokesperson said at the time.

This week that changed. At the Conservative party’s annual conference in Manchester, shadow ministers have lined up to announce detailed, far-reaching and often radical new policies.