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What Kemi Badenoch means for the UK’s fragile consensus on climate change

The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters. Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.

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Kemi Badenoch: the three (very difficult) tasks that lie ahead for the new Conservative party leader

After winning the Conservative party’s protracted post-election leadership contest, Kemi Badenoch gave a short, rather downbeat speech. It was not quite “blood, toil, tears and sweat”, but it wasn’t too far off. Badenoch said the tasks in front of the party were “tough but simple”: to oppose and scrutinise the…

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Kemi Badenoch appoints new shadow Scottish secretary

NEW Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed a new shadow secretary of state for Scotland.

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Bus fare hike same as 1p income tax rise on working people who commute - new analysis

The Department for Transport has disputed claims that the 50 per cent rise in the cap on a single bus ticket equates to a 1p rise in income tax

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The true class divide in British politics is not which party people choose, but whether they vote at all

Traditionally, Britain was regarded as the class society. And class was pre-eminent among the factors used to explain political party allegiance. In broad terms, working-class voters chose Labour, the party set up to represent them. Middle-class voters chose the Conservatives, the party that represented homeowners and business owners.

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Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after claiming Covid Partygate row was ‘overblown’

The newly elected Tory leader said the story was exaggerated as she praised Boris Johnson as a ‘great prime minister’

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer to create team to tackle ‘national security’ threat of people smugglers

PM to address border crisis amid concern that small boats crossing Channel will remain key issue this parliament

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What will be the top issues facing Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservatives?

Ms Badenoch will be at the helm as the party tries to recover in the wake of the July general election result.

The Independent UK

What will be the top issues facing the next Conservative Party leader?

The economy and immigration are two of the biggest issues the next leader of the Opposition will need to tackle.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader – as it happened

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’

The Guardian - UK

As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

The Guardian - UK

Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence

The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Who are Scotland's five Conservative MPs? See the full list

THE Scottish Conservatives hold five of Scotland’s 57 Westminster seats ...

The National (Scotland)

Four in 10 voters think country's got worse since Labour won election, YouGov poll says

But after a tricky start, many also want to give Sir Keir Starmer the benefit of the doubt as the PM marks 100 days in No10 on Saturday

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Independent readers give their verdict on the Tory leadership race

Some readers called for the Conservatives to return to the centre ground – while others raised fears over ‘Maga-style rhetoric’

The Independent UK

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat

International Business Times

Boris Is Back With A Book But UK Tories Say He's History

An audacious raid on Dutch vaccines, a "manly pep talk" with Prince Harry and near-death from Covid -- excerpts from the memoir of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson are entertaining Britain's political class.

International Business Times

UK Conservatives Assemble To Find A New Leader And Future Direction

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

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The Guardian - UK

Enough of the ‘anti’ politics. We Conservatives need a bold new vision

As the Tories gather in Birmingham, a former minister argues that the party must become more inclusive, with a focus on aspiration

The Guardian - UK

Russell Findlay wins Scottish Conservative leadership election – as it happened

Russell Findlay, a former crime reporter, has been appointed as the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the most fractious period in the party’s history

Al Jazeera

Sayeeda Warsi quits Conservatives over UK party’s lurch to ‘far right’

Former co-chair criticises party’s ‘hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities’.

The Independent UK

Tories accused of ‘lying’ as defiant Baroness Warsi quits in racism row

Baroness Warsi has quit the Conservatives on the eve of their conference in Birmingham

Evening Standard

OPINION - Civil servants must return to the office; working from home isn't working

It seems ministers are “quietly ignoring” the Conservatives’ rule that civil servants should be in the office three days a week. It’s not much to ask for a nice, safe job and pension provision that the rest of us can only hanker after. But nope. Labour, once the party of…

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What the Spectator takeover means for the UK’s right-wing media and politics

Despite the Conservatives’ defeat in the recent general election, the right-wing media in Britain appears to be thriving – judging by the eye-watering price for which the weekly right-wing magazine The Spectator has just been sold.

The Walrus

It’s Hard to Tell What Poilievre Makes of the World

Besides being anti China, the Conservatives have been largely silent on their foreign policy

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