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Kemi Badenoch

British Conservative Party politician and party leader.

Known aliases

  • Badenoch

Current stories

leadership2 publishersConfirmed

Bank of England picks four animals for a banknote series redesigned against forgery

Bank of England has chosen the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog for its redesigned £5 to £50 notes. With design, testing and printing expected to take years, businesses that handle cash have a series to expect and a long wait for its specification.

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives30
Confidence75
leadership4 publishersConfirmed

Badenoch pledges to exempt family homes from inheritance tax if the Conservatives win

Kemi Badenoch says a Conservative government would end inheritance tax on family homes and let couples leave an extra £1m tax-free. For owner-operators planning succession, it stays an opposition promise until the party wins power and passes it into law.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 10%
Operator
Operator 44%
Investor
Investor 46%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives78
Confidence66
leadership3 publishersConfirmed

Conservatives would scrap Natural England and the Environment Agency under Griffith's plan

Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith wants Natural England and the Environment Agency abolished in a package the Tories say cuts up to £50,000 off a new home. Until an election, firms still plan against the government's rules and its 28 October Budget.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 12%
Operator
Operator 53%
Investor
Investor 35%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+30
Incentives70
Confidence55
leadership2 publishersConfirmed

Badenoch's £1bn aid cap falls short of the £1.6bn Britain has already committed to global funds

Kemi Badenoch would cut UK aid from £9bn to £1bn a year, below the more than £1.6bn Britain has already committed to the UN, World Bank and health funds. Those settlements run for several years, so a Conservative government would have to break them or overshoot its own cap.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+35
Incentives65
Confidence55