Badenoch appointed Rebecca Harris as Chief Whip of the Conservative Party in her first appointment to her Shadow Cabinet on 4 November 2024, as she began forming her opposition frontbench. [121] On 15 January 2025, Kemi Badenoch's spokesperson confirmed she will not conduct a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle before the next general election. [122]

3 hours ago · British Conservative Party leader, Mrs. Kemi Badenoch is an obvious example. She has consistently pilloried Nigeria, her original country, using extreme words, running against the traditional ...

Mar 23, 2023 · Kemi Badenoch. (63170132) South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes is accompanying Ms Badenoch, a one-time Tory leadership hopeful, for a tour of the Bridge Farm Group’s controlled environment glasshouses and to see their investment in robotics and automation at 5pm.

Nov 3, 2024 · Kemi Badenoch has been with her husband Hamish Badenoch for over a decade and their family consists of three children.

She is the first black woman to lead a major political party and only the second woman to serve as permanent Leader of the Opposition after Margaret Thatcher. Most strikingly,...

Jul 18, 2022 · MP Sir John Hayes has revealed that he is now backing Kemi Badenoch as our new Prime Minister. Sir John has switched allegiances after his previous candidate, Surella Braverman, was knocked out last week.

“To all intents and purposes, I am a first-generation immigrant,” Kemi Badenoch said in her maiden speech in the Commons in 2017. Now she’s the first immigrant leader of a big western political party. Badenoch’s triumph symbolises a remarkable shift in attitudes towards race in the Conservative Party, and Britain.

Heathrow’s plans for a third runway face “major obstacles,” shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon warned. They included how it would impact on the M25, M4, a local incinerator and the ...

Nov 4, 2024 · Kemi Badenoch has signalled her willingness to work with leadership rivals and pledged to hold the ruling Labour Party to account. Most say the new leader must end infighting after fourteen years...

1 day ago · Kemi Badenoch grilled Sir Keir Starmer on his economic plan at Prime Minister’s Questions after Rachel Reeves unveiled her proposals to boost growth. The Tory leader claimed Labour was ...