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Christopher McKeon

FOUND: Badenoch apologises as tories suffer heavy local election defeat - You Need To See This

Kemi Badenoch said the public were ‘still not yet ready to trust’ her party (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch apologised to Conservative candidates as her party suffered a local election drubbing.

The Tory leader conceded the public was “still not yet ready to trust us” after losing hundreds of councillors in a Reform UK surge.

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