Kemi Badenoch bars Conservative candidates over net zero and ECHR support

Kemi Badenoch has barred Conservative candidates who support net zero targets and the European Court of Human Rights, as the whip was removed from a former minister.

• Badenoch placed candidates who believe in meeting net zero targets by 2050 or supporting the European Court of Human Rights on a proscribed list.
• Tory peer Gavin Barwell, a former chief of staff to Theresa May, had the whip removed in the House of Lords.
• Robert Jenrick said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Nigel Farage needed a greater level of security than the king and accused the establishment of wanting Farage dead.
• Keir Starmer said Scotland and Wales should support England in the World Cup.