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Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and cut welfare spending

The Tory leader promised the party would focus on letting people ‘keep more of what they earn’ if it is returned to power.

Evening Standard · Oct 7

Brexit was like Battle of Hastings defeat – rejoining EU body will fix it, says George Osborne

THE TALK SHOW: The former chancellor and chair of the British Museum tells The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig that much like the Bayeux Tapestry, which he has just brought to Britain, Brexit is not the end of the story

The Independent UK · Sep 12

MP Patrick Spencer ‘groped two women’ at London’s Groucho Club, court told

Patrick Spencer, who lives in Suffolk, was suspended from the Tory Party and had the whip withdrawn after the sexual assault charges were brought last year

The Independent UK · Jul 13

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform declaring: 'The Tory Party is dead'

Former culture secretary becomes highest-profile Conservative defector to Nigel Farage’s party on eve of its national conference

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Voices: Kemi Badenoch is ‘wrong and strong’ – particularly when it comes to the two-child benefit cap

COMMENT: First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Kemi Badenoch hires Tory stalwart to 'build Conservative army to save UK'

THE Tory Party has hired a new director of strategy to “build a Conservative army … to save our country from socialism” ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 10, 2024

Founder of leading Conservative Party website joins Reform UK

A leading Conservative figure has defected to Reform UK ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024

Kemi Badenoch’s first task as Tory leader: say sorry to the people for her party’s failings

The Conservatives will only be taken seriously when they are honest about their multiple mistakes in government

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

BBC Tory leadership debate cancelled as Kemi Badenoch refuses to take part

KEMI Badenoch has refused to take part in a BBC Question Time special framed as a debate on the Tory leadership contest ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 18, 2024

Billionaire family linked to trade union blacklisting bankrolling Scottish Tories

A BILLIONAIRE family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others from employment is bankrolling the…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2024