Kemi Badenoch speech latest: Conservative leader to tell conference party faces ‘fight not seen for 50 years’

Kemi Badenoch speech latest: Conservative leader to tell conference party faces ‘fight not seen for 50 years’ Andy Burnham’s Labour presiding over ‘tax doom loop making us all poorer’, Tory leader set to claim - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Already a member? Log in A “battle for the soul of the nation” is approaching, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will say as she closes her party’s conference later, claiming only the Tories can deliver a stronger economy. Ms Badenoch will warn that “something is going to break” without better growth as she accuses Andy Burnham’s Labour of presiding over a “tax doom loop that is making us all poorer”. The Tory leader is expected to say: “There is a fight coming in British politics. 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. A battle of ideas.” Ms Badenoch will hope the speech revives the electoral hopes of her party, which trails both Labour and Reform UK in opinion polls. She said on Tuesday that if there were a hung parliament at the next election, she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Something will break without better growth, Badenoch to predict Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch is set to warn in her conference speech that “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”. The Tories have put the economy top of their agenda at their party conference in Birmingham, focusing less on the so-called “culture wars” that dominated previous years. Mrs Badenoch will accuse Labour of believing “growth is created by politicians” and presiding over a “tax doom loop that is making us all poorer”. Fight is coming in British politics, Badenoch to warn A fight is coming in British politics, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is set to warn, in her leader’s speech at the end of the party conference. She is set to say it will be “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. 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.” She will pitch the Tories, who are behind Labour and narrowly trailing Reform UK in opinion polls, as the party “fighting again for the belief that what people earn belongs to them, not government.” Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments