Politics
Badenoch closes Tory conference with inheritance tax pledge and broadsides at Labour and Reform
October 7, 2026 at 03:32 PM
6 reports · 1 in Arabic, 5 in English · over 21 hours
BNBBC News
Newspaper headlines: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'
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BNBBC News
Badenoch pledges inheritance tax changes as she pitches Tories as 'no-nonsense' party
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TGThe Guardian
Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
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BNBBC News
Battle of ideas looming in British politics, Badenoch to say
(opens the publisher’s site)Kemi Badenoch used her Conservative conference keynote in Birmingham to announce tax cuts and draw dividing lines with Labour and Reform UK.
- In her closing conference speech, Badenoch said a Conservative government would abolish inheritance tax on family homes, funded by £70bn in identified savings.
- Badenoch rejected calls to "unite the right" with Reform UK, saying "we are not uniting with that," and attacked Reform MPs for questioning whether black England players are English.
- TUC general secretary Paul Nowak and Tax Justice UK criticised the plan as a giveaway to wealthier households that would deprive public services of funds.
- Badenoch said the party had "not passed the danger point," acknowledging the Tories still poll below their level at the 2024 election defeat.
- Badenoch pledged to increase to £1m the amount couples can leave free of inheritance tax.
- She framed the Tories as the 'no-nonsense party' against Reform UK's 'circus' in her keynote.
- In her speech, Badenoch also accused Andy Burnham of wanting to 'live in the past.'