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Kemi Badenoch

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Nigeria’s vice-president launches attack on Badenoch

    Kashim Shettima’s comments follow criticism by Conservative leader of country where she grew up

    Kashim Shettima and Kemi Badenoch
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Good ideas know no borders

    There is something narrow-minded about criticising a British politician for being ‘America-brained’

    Ewan White illustration of a magician pulling a lightbulb out of a hat
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    Rap group Kneecap win legal battle against UK government

    Belfast trio were denied arts funding by then business secretary Kemi Badenoch over political views

    Members of Kneecap protest outside the Egyptian Theatre
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    What Kemi Badenoch gets wrong about opposition strategy

    New Tory leader cannot fulfil her immigration pledges without confronting trade-offs on taxes and public services

    Leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    Climate legislation
    Britain’s political consensus on climate starts to fracture

    New Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly criticised UK’s net zero target

    Kemi Badenoch spealks at Prime Minister’s Questions
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    Emma Jacobs
    Why rudeness has no place at work

    Straight talkers take pride in honesty but can demotivate colleagues

    Illustration of a person pointing their finger in the face of another person who looks stressed
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    Kemi Badenoch blames civil service for slow pace of Post Office compensation

    New Conservative leader says ITV drama brought ‘urgency’ to helping victims of scandal

    Kemi Badenoch arrives ahead of her appearance before the Post Office Inquiry
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Badenoch rewards early backers with shadow cabinet posts

    New Tory leader picks team from across party spectrum

    Kemi Badenoch chairing her first shadow cabinet meeting as Tory leader, with Priti Patel to her right and Chris Philp to her left
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Stride and Patel join UK shadow cabinet as Badenoch fills key posts

    New Conservative leader hands roles to MPs who contested the Tory leadership election

    Mel Stride and Priti Patel
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Without hard thinking on tax and the state, Kemi Badenoch is doomed to fail

    The new Tory leader can’t rely on Labour being derailed by global events or problems with its own model

    Ewan White illustration of a woman turning the page of a giant notebook with a to-do list written on it
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why the Tories stay ahead on political firsts

    Rule book ability to change its leaders has driven its success — but also its dysfunction

    Kemi Badenoch standing in front of a podium giving a speech as leader of the Conservative party
  • Sunday, 3 November, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Conservatives’ deepening turn to the right

    Kemi Badenoch’s task is to restore the party’s appeal to Britain at large

    Kemi Badenoch stands next to a podium smiling and waving
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership race

    Former business secretary takes 57 per cent of the vote to beat Robert Jenrick and become party’s first Black leader

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    News in-depth
    Kemi Badenoch, the culture warrior on a mission to rebuild a battered Tory party

    New leader’s combative style can alienate colleagues but supporters say she will make life uncomfortable for Labour

    Kemi Badenoch
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Political Fix podcast38 min listen
    Cabinet fightback: the revolt over spending

    Plus, the English justice system in crisis

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up

    Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisive

    Kemi Badenoch takes part in the televised Tory leadership debate
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    Why Tory leaders win the diversity challenge

    The party’s recent record shows that Badenoch’s ascent to leadership favourite is no accident

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of different hands clasping each other’s wrists.
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    This Tory leadership ballot suits nobody, only perhaps Keir Starmer

    Even Labour will not benefit from one of two rightwing contenders taking Conservatives off on a strange journey

    James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Jenrick vs Badenoch: meet the next Conservative leader

    Elimination of James Cleverly from contest leaves Tory members with choice between two rightwingers

    Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Jenrick and Badenoch to contest Tory leadership after Cleverly knocked out

    Former business secretary topped fourth ballot of MPs on 42 votes

    Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Should Cleverly try to choose his opponent in final round?

    Gambling with such a small electorate of 121 MPs could end in humiliating defeat

    The remaining Conservative leadership contenders Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Kemi Badenoch
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Cleverly takes lead in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat is knocked out

    Former home secretary secures more MPs’ backing than rivals after third round of voting

    James Cleverly
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Mel Stride to back James Cleverly in Conservative leadership race

    Expected endorsement comes ahead of Tory MPs voting this week to eliminate two of remaining contenders

    Mel Stride and James Cleverly
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Cleverly overtakes Jenrick in Tory leadership poll

    Contest to succeed Rishi Sunak blown open as Conservative MPs prepare to whittle down candidates

    Tory leadership hopefuls Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat standing together at the Conservative party conference
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Tory leadership rivals flag Cleverly’s role in Chagos Islands ‘retreat’

    Former foreign secretary has momentum ahead of key MPs’ vote next week

    James Cleverly at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on October 3 2024
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