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The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters. Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.

The allegation came from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility

MPs who stood against new leader made shadow chancellor, foreign secretary and justice secretary respectively

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

There is a ritual of withholding all criticism when someone from an ethnic minority takes a position of power. That ritual has now become farce, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Rachel Reeves’s high-spending budget and the new ‘culture warrior’ Tory leader mark sharp divide between government and opposition

Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win

Kemi Badenoch was elected Tory leader on Saturday with 53,806 votes, beating Robert Jenrick with 41,388 votes

She was welcomed by her Conservative colleagues across the UK, but other Scottish parties warned that her election is a move towards the far-right.