The Latest Breaking News from Kemi Badenoch

Politicians now talk of climate ‘pragmatism’ to delay action – new study

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described her plan to “maximise extraction” of the UK’s oil and gas from the North Sea as a “common sense” energy policy.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Voices: ‘The judge in this case will be HMRC’: Readers react as Angela Rayner admits tax mistake

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over the deputy prime minister’s tax error. While some have insisted she knew what she was doing and should resign, others have defended her for relying on professional advice and correcting the mistake

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

Home Office loses bid to delay trial of Epping asylum seeker hotel use claim

The Home Office said that Epping Forest District Council’s legal claim against Somani Hotels should be delayed by six weeks.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Tories call for HMRC to open investigation into Angela Rayner over stamp duty

Ms Rayner’s explanation that she was given inaccurate legal advice ‘cannot withstand scrutiny’, Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake said.

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

Angela Rayner is a picture of misery but Dr Kemi passes up open goal

While Badenoch retreated to her PMQs script, the real opposition leader was at a Washington hearing on free speech

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Angela Rayner’s job is on the line – and she knows it

NEWS ANALYSIS: In opposition, Angela Rayner berated rule-breaking Tory ministers, saying it was ‘one rule for them and another for everybody else’. Now her job is on the line over her own misconduct on her tax affairs, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Starmer ‘too arrogant’ to admit he’s got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader pressed the Prime Minister on borrowing costs, unemployment, and future tax rises, at PMQs.

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025

Watch live: Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister Questions on Wednesday (3 September).

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Farage a ‘Putin-loving, free speech impostor’ says Democrat before Reform head’s US speech – UK politics as it happened

Jamie Raskin says Farage is ‘a Trump sycophant’ before UK politician addresses the House judiciary committee in Washington

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Kemi Badenoch ‘unlikely to win’ next election, says Liz Truss

The former prime minister declined to rule out a return to frontline UK politics and would not be drawn on whether she wanted to join Reform UK.

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025