By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-10-07 06:41:54 | Updated at 2026-10-07 07:55:07
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The Conservatives will fight a "battle for the soul of the nation" at the next election, Kemi Badenoch will say in a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today.
The Opposition leader will warn "something is going to break" without better growth as she accuses Andy Burnham's Labour of wanting to "wind back the clock to failed ideas of the past".
She will also vow to slash inheritance tax by 40 per cent, according to The Times.
Mrs Badenoch will tell supporters to expect a "fight that we have not seen in this country for more than half a century".
"It will be a battle for the soul of this nation," she will add. "A battle of ideas.
"A battle that goes to the very core of who we are and what kind of country we want to be."
The Tories have put the economy on the top of the agenda of their conference, with Mrs Badenoch arguing no other party was going to "deliver a stronger economy and a stronger country".
"Unless we start creating more value, unless we start growing our economy, something is going to break," she is expected to say.
Mrs Badenoch will also highlight the Tories' so-called "golden economic rule" - a promise 50p of every pound saved through policy changes would go towards cutting the budget deficit.
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‘We don’t want a coalition with them!’ Richard Tice hits back at Kemi Badenoch
Richard Tice speaks to GB News
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Richard Tice has hit back at Kemi Badenoch after the Conservative leader ruled out a coalition with Reform UK.
Speaking at the Tory conference yesterday, Mrs Badenoch said she would rather have another election than work with Nigel Farage’s party.
“Well, we don't want a coalition with a bunch of soggy Lib Dems pretending to be conservatives either,” Mr Tice responded while speaking with GB News.
“14 years, they blew it. They effectively bankrupted the country. They allowed welfareism to grow unchecked. They allowed our borders to be invaded. They created net zero with all the consequences. People were terrified by the size of their energy bills.
“I just say very simply: never forgive, never forget.
“We should be given that opportunity to save Britain from going bust, to save Britain from blackouts and save Britain from this invasion on our shores. And we can,” the Reform deputy leader said.
Richard Tice blasts police as London October 7 pro-Palestine march to go ahead
Richard Tice has blasted police as a pro-Palestine march is set to go ahead in London today, the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre in Israel.
Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK deputy leader said the planned demonstrations were “incredibly insensitive”.
“It is a day of remembrance, but it's also a day of solidarity and determination for all of us supporting the Jewish community, particularly, of course, the British Jewish community here, that actually we stand rock solid with them.
“What on earth do the police think they're doing? So it's okay to ban anybody from moving around Gosport. Last Sunday evening, literally a whole town of 80,000 people, so that the police, RNLI and ambulance services could aid and abet the illegal invasion of this country.
“But the police can't ban a march in support of Hamas and related terrorist groups in central London. I mean, the police need to take a very, very long, hard look at themselves and the tools at their disposal
“That's what the police have the power to do, and sometimes they use it. Just not when it's pro-Hamas, pro-Palestine, anti-Semitic; they think that's okay, and it's not,” he claimed.
Yesterday, Met Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harmam insisted they “cannot ban protests and can only ask the Home Secretary to do so if the risk of serious disorder is so high that it can’t be managed by conditions.
“That high bar is not met here,” he added.
Labour chairwoman Bridget Phillipson hits out at Conservatives ahead of major speech
Labour chairwoman Bridget Phillipson has said the Conservatives have not "learned a single lesson" since their election defeat in 2024.
She said: "Kemi Badenoch's top team don’t even think her leadership is the 'right way'. The Tory Leader is living in an alternate reality."
Mrs Phillipson suggested the Tory Conference had "blown open splits over the triple lock, her Shadow Chancellor's secret plan for billions of extra cuts to public services, and plots to rip up hard-won renters' rights".
"The Conservative Party hasn’t learned a single lesson since they were kicked out of office," she said. "Instead of finally apologising for Liz Truss' disastrous mini-budget, Badenoch promoted its co-author as her Shadow Chancellor. Their credibility on the economy remains in tatters.
"Andy Burnham is bringing back hope to Britain. His Labour Government has a clear plan to drive good growth in every postcode, put power back into people's hands and give people vital breathing space on the cost of living."
RECAP: Kemi Badenoch reveals 95-page manifesto outlining guiding principles
On Saturday, the Conservative leader unveiled a 95-page booklet titled the Right Way, mirroring a similar document setting out the tenets of Thatcherism in the 1970s called The Right Approach.
In Mrs Badenoch's new booklet, she argues "value, prosperity and wealth must be created before they can be taxed or distributed" and that Governments should be strong only where required - namely defence, borders, public order, the rule of law and essential infrastructure.
She has also reaffirmed her vow to abolish stamp duty, and criticised her party's previous Net Zero by 2050 pledge.
And she has even coined her own catchy name for her ideology, saying she calls it "Kemistry".
