nov 2, 2024 - Badenoch Wins Conservative Leadership Election

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Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader:

Asked about what went wrong under under Boris Johnson's Conservative government, Badenoch says Partygate - when Johnson misled MPs that Covid rules had been followed at all times in Downing Street - was "overblown"

She says a "loss of public trust" is to blame for the party's election defeat, but wants to now focus on the future

Badenoch says she would reverse the Budget's hike on VAT on private schools

She doesn't answer whether she would reverse Reeves' employer NI increase, but calls Reeves' plan "economically incoherent"

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