How can we reform the welfare budget?Rachel Reeves hiked taxes by £26 billion to pay for a welfare splurge, penalising people who work hard and making them pay for those who don't work at all.Labour's leadership have repeatedly shown they…
The whole story of this week’s budget can be summed up in one sentence: taxes raised on working people to pay for welfare handouts. It was a smorgasbord of new taxes that, when taken together with her budget last year, means Rachel Reeves…
After constant leaks, it is now confirmed that Labour have hiked taxes by £26 BILLION.We all saw it coming. A tax raid on working people, pensioners and savers to pay for more benefits.In just 14 months she’s broken her promise to the…
LAST year, Rachel Reeves put up taxes by £40billion.It was the biggest tax raid in British history.She said it was a one-off.She promised that she wouldn’t be back for more.Yesterday she broke that promise.Her second budget is another tax…
Kemi Badenoch MP opposes Chancellor’s tax on hired carsRachel Reeves is running out of road. With a multi-billion-pound hole in the public finances, Labour are refusing to rule out slapping 20 per cent VAT on private-hire journeys - a move…
Thank you, David [Burrowes], and thank you, Juliet [Donoghue], for that wonderful introduction.But also, thank you to the Conservative Christian Fellowship for everything you do.Not only for organising tonight’s event, but for the…
The Conservatives offer a credible alternative to Starmer and Reeves’s incessant yo-yoingIf you want to know what Rachel Reeves is going to do with taxes at the Budget, save yourself the trouble of reading the latest briefing from the…
The garden in New Palace Yard, outside Westminster Hall, was launched in 2021 by the Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle in partnership with the Royal British Legion.It gives all 650 MPs from across the UK the opportunity to…
Yesterday, Britain watched in horror as our Chancellor tried to blame everyone and everything except herself for why she's gearing up to raise our taxes again.Rachel Reeves stood at that podium in Downing Street and gave a laundry list of…
It is great to see you all here at the Royal Academy of Engineering.People didn’t seem to be getting the message that I was an engineer, so I’ve decided to do all my speeches here until they do.Engineering is about solving problems, about…
Kemi Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, officially opened Beaulieu Park Station near Chelmsford on Monday, marking the completion of the first new station on the Great Eastern Main Line in over 100 years.Mrs Badenoch joined councillors,…
I stand for a stronger economy and stronger borders, two priorities that come up every time I speak to residents across North West Essex.At the start of this month, at Conservative Party Conference, I set out how we will deliver both.…
Listen hereKemi Badenoch is the Leader of the Conservative Party and the current Leader of the Opposition, a job often described as the toughest in British politics. And in this interview with Gyles, Kemi talks about her upbringing and how…
Rachel Reeves is running out of road. With a multi-billion-pound hole in the public finances, Labour are refusing to rule out slapping 20 per cent VAT on private-hire journeys - a move that could drive up fares for millions of passengers…
Idon’t blame readers if they’ve been struggling to follow the China spying case engulfing parliament. Even MPs are finding it hard to keep up with a story that seems to change by the hour.I suspect many fair-minded people have assumed this…
Those two great leaders understood that freedom and progress are not accidentsThe lesson of Reagan and Thatcher is that peace and progress are born from strength and weakness invites danger. Labour have forgotten that truth.I wonder what…
It’s baffling we have created a tax that makes our housing market less accessible and actively harms our economyIn a crowded field, stamp duty must be one of the worst taxes.It traps young people in their parents’ spare bedroom, growing…
The Conservative Party is back. At our Party Conference this week, we set out our plans for stronger borders and a stronger economy. Real solutions on the economy, immigration, energy, housing, policing, justice & education. Here’s what we…
One of the big disadvantages of coming up with a great policy in Opposition is that you can't make it happen immediately, and in the interim the Government can steal it.When I announced last week that the next Conservative government will…
We need to live within our means, cut the deficit and balance the books “Inflation is largely a self-inflicted wound” said Mrs Thatcher in a speech in Preston in 1974. Rachel Reeves would like to blame everyone else except herself for…
If Labour hadn't made such a mess of our economy, no one would be discussing the viability of the triple lock.The Conservatives are the only political party that is serious about bringing down government spending and the country living…
Kemi Badenoch MP brings community together to help tackle rural crime in North West EssexKemi Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, co-hosted a rural crime forum at Ugley Village Hall with Essex Police.The forum, held as part of National…
Kemi Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, visited Great Waltham Church of England Primary School to officially open the school’s brand-new classroom facilities ahead of the new academic year.The project, funded by Essex County Council, has…
I have seen many ugly things on social media. But after the murder of Charlie Kirk, something new and disturbing appeared.My feed was filled with people celebrating his death with grotesque glee.Videos of Kirk were chopped, twisted and…
Kemi Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, recently visited Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with Shadow Health Secretary Stuart Andrew MP and Paul Bristow, Conservative Mayor for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.The purpose of the visit was…
I'm putting forward an offer to the Prime Minister, let's agree a way to bring welfare spending down, and I will offer him the support of the Conservative Party.
Angela Rayner dodged £40,000 in stamp duty.She didn't fess up. She got found out.For weeks Labour ministers claimed that she had done nothing wrong.The Prime Minister defended her and refused to sack her. But while she was dodging her…
Just across the seabed, Norway has made one of its biggest oil discoveries in a decade. They are showing the world, that a European democracy can take its natural wealth, and turn it into national strength.Meanwhile, Britain is leaving our…