She would cross the road to bite your ankles, whether you were goading her or not!”This is a remark from a long term admirer of Kemi Badenoch, delighted to see her win the Conservative leadership contest.

Kemi Badenoch said she will tell "hard truths" to both the country and her party as she began her first full day as Conservative leader. In her first interview since winning the Tory leadership election, Badenoch said the UK is getting poorer and older, and is being "outcompeted" by other countries.

Badenoch said the Conservatives have veered toward the political center by "governing from the left" and must return to its traditional ideas.

Kemi Badenoch has made her first major opposition front bench appointments since being named leader of the Conservative party. The North West Essex MP selected ex Treasury minister Laura Trott as her shadow education secretary.

Two new members of Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet named after rallying cry to Tory staff - New Tory leader makes first appointments as Starmer unveils new funding for Border Security Command

The UK Conservative Party’s new leader Kemi Badenoch is “very refreshing”, says writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue.