US EditionStreets of Britain have turned into 'theatres of intimidation', Kemi Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says Conservative policy changes on immigration and human rights aim to regain voter trust despite current polling at 15%, promising long-term party recovery.
- On 05/10/2025 Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch faced questioning by BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg at the party conference in Manchester.
- Badenoch's policy package includes a pledge to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and deport 750,000 people over five years, with Conservative candidates required to support this.
- Creating a 'Removals Force,' Badenoch said the plan pairs tightened asylum rules with new enforcement capacity, and she proposed doubling its funding to £1.6bn per year, funded by closing asylum hotels.
- Internal critics and defectors have amplified dissent within the Conservative Party as it polls at 15 per cent and faces defections to Reform UK alongside letters of no-confidence.
- If enacted, the measures would abolish judicial review and ban legal aid for migrants, repositioning the Conservatives against Reform UK and Labour Party and reshaping immigration enforcement.
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Streets of Britain have turned into 'theatres of intimidation', Kemi Badenoch says
The Tory leader delivered a speech on the opening day of the party conference in which she also acknowledged having a "mountain to climb" in the polls - but said she was "up for the fight".
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Kemi Badenoch has admitted the Conservatives have a “mountain to climb” as she delivered her first party conference speech.Speaking at the opening of the four-day conference in Manchester, Ms Badenoch struck a defiant tone, promising to rebuild trust with voters ahead of the next election.The Tory leader vowed her party would “strengthen our borders, restore our sovereignty and rebuild our prosperity” insisting the Conservatives remain the only …
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Kemi Badenoch: My approach will “pay off eventually”
Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has insisted her approach to changing the struggling party will “pay off eventually” as she battles dwindling voter support. In an interview with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, Badenoch stressed that she would not “rush out” new policies and instead take ...
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