Kemi Badenoch sparks Tory leadership row
Tory conference latest: Badenoch says maternity pay comment 'misrepresented'; Sunak warns party to stop 'squabbling'
As the Conservative Party's first annual conference in opposition since 2009 gets under way in Birmingham, we spoke to all four candidates vying for the leadership. Scroll down for live coverage of day one of the conference.
Kemi Badenoch sparks Tory leadership row after ‘excessive’ maternity pay remarks
Tory leadership contender has caused consternation at the Tory conference after claiming the government was doing ‘too much’ on statutory maternity pay, before quickly backtracking
Kemi Badenoch maternity pay comments spark Tory row
Comments suggesting maternity pay has "gone too far" have been seized on by leadership opponents as Tory conference gets under way.
Tory leadership contenders clash over Kemi Badenoch's maternity rights claims
The contest for the party's top job intensified on the first day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham.
Kemi Badenoch says UK maternity pay benefits are ‘excessive’ – politics live
There was a time when there wasn’t any maternity pay and people were having more babies’. Kemi Badenoch remains the clear favourite amongst Tory members to be next leader, according to the latest survey of members from the ConservativeHome website.
Maternity pay has gone too far, says Badenoch
We need to have more personal responsibility - there was a time when there wasn’t any maternity pay and people were having more babies." Badenoch later said that sh
Badenoch stresses her belief in maternity pay following backlash
Robert Jenrick said that the party should be ‘firmly on the side of parents’ in the wake of Ms Badenoch’s interview.
Kemi Badenoch rows back on her comments over maternity pay after backlash
Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has said she does believe in maternity pay hours after calling on people to have ‘more personal responsibility’ over the benefit. The former business secretary told Times Radio this morning: ‘There was a time when there wasn’t any maternity pay and people were having more babies.
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