Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch delivers her keynote address at the official launch of the 2026 Local Election campaign in Westminster.
The Prime Minister dodged questions about his handling of Mandelson to claim the Conservative leader had wanted to go to war. The Speaker pointed out that it was not Opposition Question Time.
The shadow Energy Minister explains that due to Labour’s ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences Britain is losing out on £17 Billion of revenue for the UK, and is more reliant than ever on imported fossil fuels.
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The Tory Leader attacked Sir Keir Starmer over his plans to raise fuel duty despite the Iran war sending oil prices surging.
The Shadow Chancellor attacks Labour plans to raise fuel taxes by 5p per litre the first such rise since 2011
The Conservative Leader told her audience “There are a frightening number of people in our politics on the Labour benches in the Greens, and in the Lib Dems, who genuinely think that His Majesty’s government doesn’t need to pay its debts.”
A news story suggested he could be sacked from Badenoch’s line-up, along with Patel and Stride.
He says he would “explore” preventing the United States from using Prestwick airport, near Glasgow, if it is for attacks on Iran.
“It’s important to learn lessons from what went wrong in Iraq,” she says.
He says Cyprus has been left undefended because Keir Starmer and the Government “showed no foresight whatsoever”.
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