Kemi Badenoch to criticise Theresa May and Boris Johnson ‘mistakes’

Kemi Badenoch: ‘We are going to be telling the British people the truth, even when it’s difficult to hear.’ Photograph: House of Commons/AFP/Getty

Kemi Badenoch will attack the Conservative party’s record under Boris Johnson and Theresa May on Brexit, the economy, net zero and immigration in a speech aimed at “rebuilding trust”.

The Tory leader, who is competing with the sharp rise in popularity of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, will “acknowledge the Conservative party made mistakes” under her predecessors.