The Latest Breaking News from Kemi Badenoch

Dame Priti and Mr Stride were both early rivals of Kemi Badenoch during the Tory leadership contest.

Kemi Badenoch’s victory as the new leader of the Conservative Party was marred by hateful comments from those on the extreme right and left. Yes, shockingly the right were as unhappy as the left about a black woman becoming the leader of Britain’s oldest political party. One particular person on…

She was a passionate supporter of Brexit and threw her weight behind the much-maligned Rwanda deportation scheme.

She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke amid calls from some Tories for the Labour MP to have the whip removed.

Laura Trott will serve as shadow education secretary in Ms Badenoch’s frontbench team, it is understood.

Robert Jenrick was named shadow justice secretary, Mel Stride shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary

It is thought Ms Badenoch said the first challenge for the party will be winning back council seats at local elections.

RUSSELL Findlay has labelled the SNP’s depute leader “permanently grumpy” as he denied moving the Tories further to the right.

Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to remove the whip from Dawn Butler after she appeared to repost a tweet about the new Tory leader.