'Aspects of Margaret Thatcher': Tory members react to Kemi Badenoch's leadership win
Saturday, 2 November 2024 In the Northamptonshire town of Kettering this weekend, all the talk was of the long-awaited face-off between two rivals - one the clear favourite to triumph.
The joint chair of the Conservative Party says Priti Patel is "a talent" with "immense experience", as it emerges she is to become the shadow foreign secretary in Kemi Badenoch's cabinet. Nigel Huddleston adds, "she's loved by many members of the party and indeed across the country". Report by...
Reform UK now has more members than the Conservative Party and is "the real opposition" according to Nigel Farage, while Kemi Badenoch has called his numbers.. Sky News
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Kevin Hollinrake insists Kemi Badenoch is the "right person" to the lead the Conservative Party saying, "she is very strong, she's very optimistic, she is very bold". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shadow Home Office minister Matt Vickers says the Conservatives want to reduce the numbers of civil servants at Whitehall and calls the government’s plan to reform public services “a gimmick”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir Starmer "owes the House an explanation", as to why Louise Haigh was appointed as transport secretary. The prime minister replied, "while she's obsessing with Westminster issues, we're getting on with fixing the mess and fixing the foundations". Haigh resigned from the cabinet last week after it emerged she was found guilty of fraud a decade ago. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of "breaking promises" and "playing politics with the Waspi women". Labour has chosen not to compensate women born in the 1950s, claiming most knew about changes to the state pension age. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer responded saying, "the number one job of this government was to put the finances back in order after the last government lost control". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer has arrived at the Houses of Parliament for Prime Minister's Questions, as the Labour leader faces Kemi Badenoch in the Commons for the final PMQs of the year. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
CCTV footage obtained by ITV News appears to show the man suspected of murdering his wife, Harshita Brella, in the hours after she was strangled to death. The footage shows a man, believed to be Pankaj Lamba, pacing next to a light-coloured Vauxhall Corsa for almost three hours. Lamba, 23, is suspected to have murdered his 24-year-old wife on the same day the footage was taken, before transporting her body from Northamptonshire to Ilford, police have said. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn