Kemi Badenoch will declare that the Tories will fight a “battle for the soul of the nation” at the next election, as she addresses the party conference in Birmingham. The Conservative leader’s speech is expected to centre on tax-cutting promises.
Warning over growth and Labour’s ‘failed ideas’
The Opposition leader will warn that “something is going to break” without better growth, as she accuses Andy Burnham’s Labour of wanting to “wind back the clock to failed ideas of the past”.
Planned inheritance tax cut
In her speech, she is due to announce a cut to the 40% rate of inheritance tax, which applies to an estate’s value worth more than £325,000, according to The Times.
