Badenoch urges business leaders to ‘get on the pitch’ and support Tories No-one apart from the Conservatives is making the argument for businesses, party leader Kemi Badenoch claimed. Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025
PM picked ‘wrong Chancellor and wrong priorities’, claims Badenoch Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of appearing at the despatch box ‘all puffed up and self-righteous’. The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
Scottish Labour MP raises 'SNP calls for John Swinney to quit' with Prime Minister A Scottish Labour MP has used her opportunity to ask the Prime Minister a question on UK Government policy to focus on the SNP and John Swinney The National (Scotland) · Jun 11, 2025
Watch: Rachel Reeves delivers spending review as chancellor pledges to make working people ‘better off’ Watch again as Rachel Reeves delivered her much-anticipated spending review on Wednesday (11 June) as the chancellor pledged to make working people “better off”. The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
Farage in crisis as Tories raise twice as much as Reform in political donations Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have attracted big-money donors even as they sink in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, official figures show The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025
Rachel Reeves won't apologise over winter fuel payment U-turn, says Cabinet colleague Ed Miliband ‘The Chancellor is not going to apologise for a series of measures she took to stabilise the nation’s finances when we came into office’ - Ed Miliband Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025
Family visa income threshold should not rise to skilled worker level – review The Migration Advisory Committee said that approach would most likely conflict with international law. Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025
Reeves struggles to explain the genius of Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn Chancellor reluctantly tries to smooth things over but looks as if she can’t quite believe some of the nonsense she is saying The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says employers should be able to ban burqas in the workplace The Tory leader also claimed she wouldn’t let people into her constituency surgeries if they wore face veils The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2025
Badenoch says organisations should be able to decide if staff can wear burkas Kemi Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says she does not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery Tory leader says there are ‘more insidious’ issues but she asks people who attend her surgery to remove face coverings The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says company bosses should have right to ban burkas and face coverings in workplace The Conservative Party leader also blasted first-cousin marriages and sharia courts as an ‘insidious’ barrier to cultural integration Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025
Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chair Businessman blames exhaustion for his error of judgement The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025
How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership reboot NEWS ANALYSIS: Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025
International Business Times UK · Jun 7, 2025 'Britain Is Being Mugged': Tory Minister Slams 'Broken' Asylum System, Says UK Can't Be Home for Everyone On 6 June 2025, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called Britain's asylum system 'broken' and said the UK is being 'mugged' by unchecked migration. She proposed tougher laws, including possible ECHR reforms and third-country processing, reigniting the national immigration debate ahead of elections.
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 UK could face up to £30bn of tax rises to fund defence spending boost, economist says Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to boost defence spending to 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027, as Nato allies push for ‘dramatic increase’
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 There’s much more to Zia Yusuf’s dramatic resignation from Reform than a row over the burqa NEWS ANALYSIS: Zia Yusuf is a casualty of Reform’s inability to raise a big enough election war chest, reports David Maddox
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025 BBC Bargain Hunt star Ochuko Ojiri jailed over £140,000 art deals to suspected terrorist financier BBC star Ochuko Ojiri traded art to a suspected terrorist financier to try to boost his career
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025 Energy minister leaves Government after two weeks for health reasons Downing Street announced Baroness Margaret Curran had left her role as an energy minister on Friday afternoon.
Euronews · Jun 6, 2025 US-style blanket travel bans could be 'viable' in UK, says Tory chief Badenoch Tory leader Kemi Badenoch on Friday said the UK could introduce its own travel bans, arguing that Britain is being "mugged" by "illegal migration."
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025 Kemi Badenoch refuses to kick Liz Truss out of Conservative Party The Tory leader suggested such a move would be ‘neither here nor there’ for voters’ perception of the party.
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 Kemi Badenoch’s leadership confession as Tories struggle in polls IN FULL
Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025 Downing Street ‘welcomes’ ECHR debate as Badenoch launches exit probe A Number 10 spokesman said it was ‘important’ there were discussions about how the convention operated.
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 Kemi Badenoch admits she is still learning how to lead the Tories: ‘It takes a while’ Conservative Party leader likens herself to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron as she says it takes time to get to grips with the role
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025 Badenoch says US-style blanket travel bans could be ‘viable’ in UK Tory leader says she has not seen Trump’s banned list but she does not rule out similar system for Britain