Kemi Badenoch
Leader of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch
Leader of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch, born on January 2, 1980, in Wimbledon, London, is a British politician and the current Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition as of November 2024. She spent part of her childhood in Nigeria and the United States before moving back to the UK at 16. Badenoch studied Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Sussex and later obtained a law degree from Birkbeck, University of London. Before her political career, she worked as a software engineer and later held roles in the financial sector, including as an associate director at Coutts and a digital director at The Spectator.
Rayner Under Fire as Bin Strike Crisis Deepens and Union Powers Grow
- Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Angela Rayner faced criticism over her plan to grant more powers to unions, despite failing to stand up to striking bin workers in Birmingham. The strikes, which have been ongoing since March 11, have been prolonged by union members who rejected a council proposal to end the crisis. The situation has led Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to warn that unions now run the country, and Rayner's plan for a workers' rights law will hand even more powers to them. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham also warned of the potential for the strike to spread to other areas if councils continue to make low-paid workers pay the cost of their decisions.
