All news on the topic: Kemi Badenoch

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Nigel Farage disagrees with Trump’s claim of Zelenskyy being a ’dictator’
Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, stating ’you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally.’
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Starmer supports ’democratically elected’ Zelenskyy following Trump’s ’dictator’ remark about the Ukrainian leader
The prime minister’s show of support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch refuted Mr. Trump’s comment but said the US leader was right that Europe "needs to pull its weight".
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Judge ’deeply troubled’ by PMQs exchange on Gazans settling in UK
The most senior judge in England and Wales has said she was "deeply troubled" by comments made by Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch over a judge’s ruling in an immigration case.
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Badenoch and Farage to compete for the attention of Trump allies at London summit
Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will gather global right-wing figures, including senior US Republicans.
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Rachel Reeves claimed expenses for handbag, perfume, and wine in banking job
Rachel Reeves has been accused of using company money to purchase birthday gifts for her colleagues before she became an MP.
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Dominic Cummings claims responsibility for Boris Johnson’s downfall, accusing the former PM of ’vandalizing the country’
Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff, Dominic Cummings, has hit out at the ex PM and also criticised his wife Carrie, accusing her and her friends of ’controlling Number 10’.
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Kemi Badenoch’s top team oversaw departments that lost £20,000 a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet.
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Tulip Siddiq could lose job over housing allegations, says cabinet member
Labour frontbencher Tulip Siddiq is coming under increasing pressure over her links to her aunt and ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing and referred herself for an investigation.
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Keir Starmer blocks national inquiry into child grooming gangs as Badenoch skewers PM for risking ‘cover-up’
Kemi Badenoch’s bid for a national inquiry into child rape gangs was tonight blocked by Labour MPs.
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Reform UK surpasses Conservative membership; Nigel Farage calls it ’historic,’ while Kemi Badenoch dismisses numbers as ’fake’
Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been involved in a series of furious exchanges online with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
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Tories shaken as billionaire married to Holly Valance takes major role in Reform UK
Nick Candy, who donated £270,000 to the Conservatives between 2020 and 2022, will become Nigel Farage’s party treasurer after he and wife Holly Valance attended several Reform events
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Kemi Badenoch accused of ’hypocrisy’ over connections to lawyer peer who defended Shamima Begum
The Mirror has learned Baron Verdirame, who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson and has close links to Ms Badenoch’s team, advised the UN’s defence team in the same case
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King hosts Qatari ruler at state banquet, with David Beckham seated next to Kemi Badenoch
The Queen is at the banquet as she recovers from pneumonia, while the Princess of Wales is not present as she has only partially returned to public duties following cancer treatment.
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Kemi Badenoch’s initial approval ratings as Tory leader rank lower than Sunak’s and Johnson’s
Liz Truss is the only former party leader of past five years to rank lower in terms of starting popularity
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Labour is challenging Kemi Badenoch to support billions in funding for public services and tax increases
Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win
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Engineer, hacker, and Ron DeSantis supporter: five key facts about Kemi Badenoch
Although the new Tory leader has managed to present herself as a more moderate candidate, she is recognized for engaging in peculiar confrontations and her combative approach.
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Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch has been crowned as the new Conservative Party leader and comes as the four-month race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line.
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Tory MP criticized for claiming Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch is ’focused on her own children’
A Tory MP has been slammed for saying Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch is "preoccupied with her own children" - adding "you can’t spend all your time with your family" while being Leader of the Opposition.
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Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory leadership race
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are through to the final round of the Conservative leadership race after knocking out James Cleverly.
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Four rivals in the UK Conservative leadership contest outline their vision
The four candidates vying to be the next leader of Britain’s Conservatives began to outline their vision for the nation on Sunday, with immigration due to dominate the debate over the future of the party after a crushing election defeat.
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Mel Stride becomes the second Conservative candidate to be eliminated from the leadership race
Mel Stride has become the second candidate to leave the race to become the new leader of the Conservatives.
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Sources claim Kemi Badenoch asked to use taxpayers’ money to pay for holiday flight
MP also allegedly used her ministerial car for gym trips and ordered advisers to run personal errands
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James Cleverly is the first Tory to declare his bid for leadership to replace Rishi Sunak
The Tories have announced they will not confirm their new leader until November 2 - meaning there will be months of infighting with Rishi Sunak forced to remain
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Priti Patel to enter Conservative leadership race, sources say
Former home secretary expected to be competing against candidates including Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat
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There is ’disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals are under threat after Britain dismissed its negotiators
Business community decries ‘act of arson’ as one-sixth of trade posts within British consulates in the US are scrapped
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