US EditionKemi Badenoch 'rebuilding' Tory party as she marks first year as leader
Kemi Badenoch has focused on rebuilding Conservative principles and policies after the 2024 election defeat, with 54% of members approving her leadership, YouGov found.
- On Sunday, Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader, marked her first year and said she is rebuilding the party and its principles while presenting an alternative to Labour.
- She took the helm after Rishi Sunak resigned following the general election drubbing, defeating Robert Jenrick last year as the party sought to rebuild rather than retreat to slogans.
- Her first year included crafting a new Tory policy platform and surprising attendees at the Conservative party conference with a plan to scrap stamp duty, tax on main home purchases.
- Membership polling shows 54% of Conservative members believe Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job while 24% say she has done a bad job, and several senior figures have defected to Reform UK.
- Facing critics and internal plotting, Backbench Conservative MPs could soon submit no-confidence letters as ambitious frontbenchers including Robert Jenrick and Labour criticize Badenoch over election losses.
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Kemi Badenoch accidentally explains why Tories are 'less popular' under her
On Sunday 2 November, Laura Kuenssberg asked Kemi Badenoch why the Tories are less popular under her leadership. While Badenoch tried to evade the question, she answered it anyway – namely by explaining the Tories are little more than a Reform tribute act now: “Now people know where we stand” On the anniversary of her becoming Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defends her polling and says “opposition is not something you come out of very quickl…
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she is “rebuilding” the party as she marks her first year in the job. Ms Badenoch also said she had spent the last 12 months “giving the country a serious alternative to Labour’s weakness: a plan for a stronger economy and stronger borders”. The leader, who was elected on 2 November last year when she defeated Robert Jenrick, said on Sunday she was “rebuilding our party, our principles and our plan for …
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