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Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Conservative MP’s suggestion she could not head the Tories because she was too “preoccupied” ...

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick put themselves at odds to each other over the issue as they competed to woo Conservative ...

Ms Badenoch told Tory members to ‘stop blaming Brexit for all our problems’ and added Reform leader Nigel Farage would not be welcome in the party ...

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Labour to pursue Conservatives’ savings targets for welfare spending in bid to tackle worklessness crisis ...

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The Conservative leadership hopeful used a TV debate to highlight immigration as the key issue behind the party's devastating ...