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Kemi Badenoch declares herself a classic old school Conservative as party conference begins
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described herself as a 'classic old school Conservative' and a 'no-nonsense mum' at the start of her party's annual conference. Launching a 100-page statement of guiding principles titled 'The Right Way', Badenoch stated that the previous Conservative government failed because it did not know what it stood for and allowed the state to grow by stealth. New policy pledges include ending the childcare cliff-edge for parents earning over £100,000 and delivering 50,000 new prison places funded by reducing the overseas aid budget to £1bn a year.
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- Kemi Badenoch launched a 100-page essay titled 'The Right Way', arguing that the previous Conservative government failed because it did not know what it stood for.
- She stated that the next Conservative government's central principle will be that business, rather than government, creates growth.
- Proposed policies include tax cuts, reducing red tape, and shrinking the civil service back to pre-pandemic levels.
- The Conservatives pledged to end the childcare cliff-edge preventing parents earning over £100,000 from qualifying for entitlements.
- The party promised 50,000 new prison places by cutting the overseas aid budget to £1bn annually to end early prisoner releases.
- Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson criticised the announcements, claiming the Tories are stuck in the past and out of touch.