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Kemi Badenoch insists she believes in maternity pay

Kemi Badenoch says people are ‘scared to have families’ due to cost amid maternity row

Kemi Badenoch has said people are “scared to have families” due to the cost amid an ongoing row about her comments on maternity pay. On Sunday, the Tory leadership contender had said the government was doing “too much” on statutory maternity pay, before backtracking on the remarks.

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Kemi Badenoch says people are 'scared to have families' after maternity pay row

Kemi Badenoch has argued that birth rates in the UK are falling because people are ‘scared to have families’. Badenoch, who is in the running to be the next leader of the Conservatives, campaign was bruised yesterday by a row over whether she had described maternity pay as ‘excessive’ during a radio interview.

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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.

Israel, Kemi Badenoch and Hassan Nasrallah

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Kemi Badenoch praises Israel’s ‘amazing’ defence tactics

Speaking at the Tory party conference, Ms Badenoch said she is ‘very sympathetic to the Israeli argument’ because they are ‘always criticised’.

Israel should be ‘congratulated’ for Hassan Nasrallah assassination, Kemi Badenoch says

Benjamin Netanyahu should be “congratulated” for assassinating the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Kemi Badenoch has said, as the region teeters on the brink of all-out war. The Tory leadership hopeful said the killing of the militant group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah would “create more peace in the Middle East” and that what Israel did “was extraordinary”.

The Conversation · 1d

Benjamin Netanyahu is triumphant after Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination. But will it change anything?

Hezbollah’s leadership ranks have been decimated, but it has the capacity to re-establish itself. It also reportedly has an arsenal of 150,000 rockets, missiles and drones it can use to strike back.

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People are ‘scared’ to have families, says Kemi Badenoch

But we need to give people confidence. People are scared to have families, they’re worried about whether they can afford them ...

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Watch live: Tory leadership hopefuls Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat address party conference

Watch live as Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat address the party conference on Monday, 30.

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Kemi Badenoch compares herself to Margaret Thatcher and says she's misunderstood

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‘There’s a bit of Liz about Kemi’: Badenoch struggles to throw off maternity gaffe

There is a thin line between success and failure, and nowhere is this more true than politics when a gaffe or idea not fully ...

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Tugendhat and Cleverly 'win' Tory conference Day One as Badenoch and Jenrick have 'difficult' starts

Former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch sparked a row over maternity pay and ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick faced ...

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OPINION - Kemi Badenoch's confounding decision to copy the David Miliband playbook

And then there is Kemi Badenoch. The shadow housing secretary has long enjoyed her status as favourite of the grassroots. Yet ...

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Badenoch quit her job instead of taking maternity leave

Kemi Badenoch quit her job rather than take maternity leave when she had her second child, according to her biography. The ...

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Kemi Badenoch urges Brits to worry less if they can 'afford' children

Kemi Badenoch stressed her determination to make things more 'comfortable' for would-be parents as she spoke to activists at ...

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