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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Badenoch urged to ‘come clean’ after doubt cast on Stanford University claim

Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch has defended her claim to have received an offer to study at Stanford University as a teenager. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario.

The Labour MP Peter Prinsley has written to the Conservatives leader saying she should lay out the specifics of how the alleged offer came about, given the doubts cast over her story. The Lib Dem education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, said Badenoch risked undermining trust.

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