UK-EU summit: Lib Dems urge PM to ignore Brexit ‘dinosaurs’ Farage and Badenoch

Ed Davey has called on the prime minister to be “bold and ambitious for our country” and disregard “dinosaurs fighting old battles”.
Kemi Badenoch: ‘I am not going to let the Conservative Party disappear’

Kemi Badenoch argued her party needs to “redefine” what modern conservatism looks like, styling herself as an “insurgent’ and an “underdog”.
PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch cannot escape the Conservative catch-22

PMQs flatters Labour. Badenoch’s contributions conceal, rather than reveal, the prime minister’s problems. Starmer wins, in effect, by default.
Badenoch condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after alleged arson attack at PM’s house

A 21-year-old man has been held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life in relation to three fires.
Osborne advises Conservatives to ‘talk less about transgender toilets and more about taxes’

Former chancellor George Osborne warned that “chasing Nigel Farage’s tail” will not work for the Conservative Party.
PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch spurns opportunity to damage Starmer (again)

As the political landscape fractures and fragments, prime minister’s questions is fast becoming something of a curiosity. The two stars of the show, secured by their position opposite each other on the commons frontbenches, were both losers at last week’s local elections. And still, commons convention allots Kemi Badenoch six questions — and Keir Starmer […]
Conservative MPs looking to oust Badenoch are ‘deluded’, says Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative MPs are reported to be holding meetings this week to discuss how to remove Kemi Badenoch as leader.
‘Who knows?’: Kemi Badenoch casts further doubt on triple lock stance

The Labour Party has seized on new comments issued by Kemi Badenoch after the Conservative leader appeared to cast further doubt over her stance on the triple lock. The future of the state pension triple lock has been a recurring debate during Badenoch’s tenure as Conservative leader. Speaking on LBC Radio in January, the Tory […]
PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch perplexes in pre-election showing

Kemi Badenoch devoted all of her questions at PMQs this afternoon to the Conservative Party’s demand for a national public inquiry into child sexual exploitation. In her final commons tussle with the prime minister before the local elections on Thursday, Badenoch began by referring to the recent comments of Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister. “The […]
Kemi Badenoch reveals PMQs advice offered by David Cameron

Kemi Badenoch has disclosed the advice she received from one of her predecessors as Conservative leader, David Cameron, on how to conduct herself at prime minister’s questions. It was reported earlier this month that Lord Cameron, who was known to enjoy the adversarial exchanges at PMQs from 2005-2016, had worked with Badenoch to help her approach […]