Kemi Badenoch: “Cut welfare spending and invest that money in our defence”

Andy Burnham is kicking defence spending into the long grass.

Strong countries are not attacked, only weak ones.

Kemi is changing the way the Conservative party approaches economic policy and creating a new economic leadership team for the next phase, focused on growth, higher living standards and fiscal credibility.

Britain needs a serious plan to deal with climate change. Seriousness means looking at results, not simply setting targets and congratulating ourselves afterwards.