Kemi Badenoch has rejected a suggestion the Tories could merge with Reform UK to beat Labour in the next election. The Conservative leader also criticised the actions of Tory-led governments she served in.
Kemi Badenoch warned Brits they are not 'rich' and must start 'living within our means' today in a straight-talking speech.
Ms Badenoch said 'real Conservatism' was the only way to ensure that tomorrow would be 'richer, better and safer'. Ms Badenoch is battling to restore the party's fortunes after the disastrous election saw Keir Starmer rack up a massive majorityYouGov research put Nigel Farage's outfit on 25 per cent, having leapfrogged the Tories on 22 per cent.
'The truth about the mistakes we made, the truth about the problems we face, and the truth about the actions we must take to get ourselves out of this mess.' 'That is going to stop under my leadership. If we are going to turn our country around, we're going to have to say some things that aren't easy to hear.''We think we are rich, but we are living off the inheritance that previous generations left behind, a complacency that Britain will always be wealthy, and a refusal to live within our means,' she said.
Ms Badenoch said the decline had to 'stop because the dream of every generation, that our children can have a better future than we did, is slowly dying'.
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