Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader today, as the four-month-long race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line.
Ms Badenoch, the ex-business secretary, was the final Tory to announce she was standing in the Tory leadership contest this summer.She is seen as a darling of the right and has impressed some in the party with her no-nonsense approach.Ms Badenoch has promised to 'speak the truth again' and wants to renew the party by 2030 by reconfirming 'our belief in the nation state and the sovereign duty it has, above all else, to serve its own citizens'.
She said there must also be a 'renewal for capitalism' to revive the economy by supporting the 'ingenuity and industry of our people'.One of her strongest advocates is Michael Gove, the former levelling up secretary who stood down as an MP at the election.He backed her when she ran in the first Tory leadership contest of 2022 following Mr Johnson's resignation.
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