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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Millie Cooke

Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern-day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, with her husband Hamish, arrives at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham - (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Kemi Badenoch positioned herself as a modern-day Margaret Thatcher as she pledged to turn around Britain with a “common sense” approach.

Addressing the opening of the Conservative Party in Birmingham, the Tory leader said the Conservatives would “win the next election” as she unveiled a series of promises spanning welfare cuts, prison expansion and free childcare for higher-earning parents.

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