(Bloomberg) — Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and her would-be Labour successor Jonathan Reynolds clashed over how the UK can ease trade friction with the European Union post-Brexit as part of Bloomberg’s election debate on Monday. Most Read from Bloomberg Reynolds left open the question about whether Labour would accept a role for the European Court […]
Kemi Badenoch has broken ranks with UK prime minister Rishi Sunak by branding comments reportedly made by a major Conservative Party donor about MP Diane Abbott as “racist”. Frank Hester is alleged to have said Ms Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving black MP, made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”. […]
Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure from the Conservative right to bolster his Rwanda Bill after Kemi Badenoch privately warned it needs strengthening and Lee Anderson considered rebelling. Rebel sources said Mr Anderson, a Tory deputy chairman, told colleagues he intends to defy the Government as Tory divisions are set to be dragged back into […]