Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch answering questions on BBC local radio stations - BBC News

Summary

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has been taking part in a series of quickfire interviews on BBC local radio stations
She tells BBC Essex she has "toughened" her party's stance on immigration, adding that "we need to deport all foreign criminals"
Hours after her party pledged to scrap the UK's climate change legislation, she tells BBC Shropshire she is a "net zero sceptic, not a climate change sceptic"
Badenoch became Tory leader in November 2024 and is speaking ahead of her party's annual conference starting on Sunday
The BBC local radio round has been a pre-conference tradition for many years. Labour, the Lib Dems and Reform have already had theirs - earlier today, we also heard from the Greens

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Edited by Matt Spivey

What's this all about?published at 10:00 BST

The local radio round has been a pre-conference tradition for many years, and representatives of all of Westminster's main parties are being given a similar opportunity.
This morning, we've also been hearing from Green leader Zack Polanski, ahead of his party's conference in Bournemouth this weekend.
And, last month we heard from Richard Tice ahead of Reform UK’s annual gathering in Birmingham, the Liberal Democrats’ leader Sir Ed Davey before his party’s conference in Bournemouth and Labour’s Housing Secretary Steve Reed before Labour members headed to Liverpool.
Now it's Badenoch's turn - stay tuned.
Kemi Badenoch to face quickfire questions on BBC local radiopublished at 09:54 BST

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will soon take part in back-to-back interviews across BBC local radio stations.
They will have the chance to ask the Tory leader about her party’s policies days before the Conservative Party conference gets under way in Manchester.
The leader of the opposition will kick things off speaking to BBC Essex just after 10:00 BST, followed by appearances on multiple stations including BBC Shropshire, BBC Merseyside and BBC Lincolnshire.
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