Four-day week ‘no threat to the economy’, says Angela Rayner The Deputy Prime Minister said the move could improve productivity in local government. Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024
Kemi Badenoch in row with BBC Scotland presenter over ‘voluntary union’ comments KEMI Badenoch has fumbled over whether Scotland is in a “voluntary union” whilst appearing on BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024
Kemi Badenoch says Labour insults black people over Chris Kaba case Tory leadership contender claims left-wing MPs believe minorities ‘cannot be anything other than victims’ Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2024
The Kemi Badenoch interview: Tory leadership favourite discusses how she’ll stand her ground if elected Tory leadership favourite Kemi Badenoch talks to Independent TV The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2024
Kemi Badenoch: ‘This is what happens to strong women. If you don’t play ball, they’ll come after you’ Exclusive: The Margaret Thatcher fan and Tory leadership favourite says her braids are her equivalent of the late PM’s handbag as she tells Political Editor David Maddox, in an interview on Independent TV, that she won’t give up her hard-hitting style – having faced criticism for being too right wing… The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2024
MPs divided over how to introduce family-friendly hours to Westminster MPs with children in family homes close to London favour shorter days while others want more time in their constituencies The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024
Kemi Badenoch storming towards victory against Robert Jenrick in race to be next Tory leader, new survey A survey of party members suggested Kemi Badenoch had maintained her lead over Mr Jenrick. Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024
Jenrick insists Tory leadership race ‘neck and neck’ despite new poll A survey of party members suggested Kemi Badenoch had maintained her lead over Mr Jenrick. The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024
Jenrick says Nato countries should raise defence spending to 3% of GDP Robert Jenrick also said the West should reduce its dependency on China and prepare for China to invade Taiwan ‘within three years’. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024
Robert Jenrick boasts he wouldn't consult Holyrood on overhauling immigration CONSERVATIVE leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has said he would not consult the Scottish Parliament on his plans to leave the European Convention… The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2024
Jeremy Hunt claims Labour changing debt definition will ‘punish families with mortgages’ – as it happened Former chancellor says ‘increasing borrowing means interest rates would be higher for longer’ as Reeves says it will ‘make space for investment’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024
Kemi Badenoch ‘refused to move’ Tory leadership contest to allow winner budget response Former business secretary says Sunak and Hunt better placed to respond to Rachel Reeves’ economic policies The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024
Kemi Badenoch criticises Starmer’s ‘student politics’ as Trump row explodes Exclusive: In the first part of an interview with The Independent, Kemi Badenoch also described people who mocked Trump for doing an election stunt in McDonald’s as being ‘the problem’ The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024
Ex-Tory minister defends Labour in Trump row and says he has also campaigned for Democrats – as it happened Robert Buckland, the former justice secretary, says ex-president ‘not fit for office’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024 Britain suffered 14 years of Tory small-state delusion. Labour’s budget will turn the page on that While the Tories harp on about the ECHR or the ‘woke bureaucracy’, Rachel Reeves will get serious about public investment, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2024 Badenoch says husband frustrated by claims she is ‘preoccupied’ with children The Tory leadership hopeful added that her husband Hamish has ‘worries’ about her safety.
The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024 Kemi Badenoch hits out at Boris Johnson’s Partygate fines Former Tory prime minister was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday party thrown in his honour during the first Covid lockdown
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024 No 10 says Starmer ‘shares public anger’ at early prisoner releases but system facing paralysis without it – as it happened Downing Street says government ‘shocked’ at inheriting prisons crisis as hundreds of prisoners get early release
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024 Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024 Honest Bob Jenrick won’t sleep until everyone sees he’s the maddest person in the room The Tory leadership hopeful believes that if he shouts the same things a bit louder, everyone will eventually come round to his way of thinking
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024 Robert Jenrick purge threat to Tory MPs who refuse to back quitting ECHR if he becomes party leader He stressed leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be a Tory manifesto commitment, if he becomes leader, which MPs would have to support
The National (Scotland) · Oct 21, 2024 'Turned down a peerage twice': JK Rowling rejects Kemi Badenoch's Lords offer JK Rowling has revealed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch publicly saying she would appoint the author to the…
The National (Scotland) · Oct 20, 2024 Laura Kuenssberg calls out top Tory Kemi Badenoch for avoiding scrutiny LAURA Kuenssberg called out Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch for refusing to appear on her flagship BBC show on Sunday morning ...
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024 The Observer view on the Conservative party: in the race to be Tory leader, the candidates ignore Britain’s pressing issues Neither Robert Jenrick nor Kemi Badenoch have said much about the economic state the country was left in
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024 Carbon capture is not the answer to the climate crisis In 50 years, CCS has captured just a tiny proportion of global emissions and left a trail of wasted public money in its wake