Tories Eye End to UK Inheritance Tax and Childcare Cliff Edge
First reported 3 Oct, 09:47 UTCUpdated 1m ago9 sources
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UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is using her party’s annual convention to call for the end of inheritance tax and an expansion of childcare support to higher earners.
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- Kemi Badenoch is stronger than ever but faces fight of her life to be Prime Minister (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
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The first Black woman to lead a U.K. major political party is hitting her stride, but the Tories have a long way to go
- Kemi Badenoch has cemented her image. Now she wants to put her party back on the big stage (opens BBC News in a new tab)
The Conservative leader is expected to set out a return to core conservative principles at the party’s annual conference.
- Tories pledge to fix £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge' that forces parents to work less (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Kemi Badenoch will vow that a Tory government would stop couples losing access to free childcare once one parent earns more than £100,000 at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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- Tories Eye End to UK Inheritance Tax and Childcare Cliff Edge (opens Bloomberg in a new tab)
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is using her party’s annual convention to call for the end of inheritance tax and an expansion of childcare support to higher earners.
- Kemi Badenoch grilled on return of Tory 'nasty party' with welfare crackdown (opens The Mirror in a new tab)
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- Badenoch says Tories want policies ‘for everybody’ as she defends plan to let millionaires get free childcare – UK politics live (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Conservative leader defends plan to extend free childcare to high earners, as Tory conference begins in Birmingham today On Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam , the communities secretary, told a meeting in private earlier this year that the state pension system needs a fundamental overhaul. Speaking in June…
- Watch in full: Kemi Badenoch’s speech on day one of the Conservative Party conference (opens GB News in a new tab)
Kemi Badenoch has vowed to transform the Conservative Party into a movement with clear principles as she unveiled her blueprint for the party's future. Speaking on day one of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, the Tory leader said her ambition to “renew” the party went beyond changing individual policies…
