The government is today demanding 'immediate, mandatory' housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the next general election.
Kemi Badenoch has stood by her comments about Nigeria after the country's vice president criticised her remarks.Ms Badenoch was born in the London suburb of Wimbledon, and raised in Nigeria, before returning to the UK at the age of 16.She has spoken often about her life and childhood in Nigeria - especially during the Tory leadership race.But now one senior Nigerian politician has taken issue with her comments.
They added: 'She is the leader of the opposition and she is very proud of her leadership of the opposition in this country.'She tells the truth. She tells it like it is. She is not going to couch her words.'It is not clear which statements the Nigerian politician was responding to.Ms Badenoch has previously described growing up in Nigeria and seeing a government beset by corruption and dysfunction.
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