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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Badenoch believes scrapping Winston Churchill from banknotes is ‘erasing our history’

Kemi Badenoch has strongly criticised the Bank of England's decision to replace historical figures like Sir Winston Churchill with images of wildlife on the next series of banknotes, labelling the move as "erasing our history".

The Conservative leader, who described herself as a "huge fan" of Churchill, dismissed the switch to wildlife pictures as "a silly thing to do".

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