Kemi Badenoch: “I am not scared to wade in, and I am not scared to back the police.”

If Labour's plan is to kick tough decisions into the long grass, come out with tiny bits of micro-policy, put up a few taxes, spend a bit more on welfare, and hope nobody notices before the next election, they are kidding themselves.

Quite frankly, getting people off welfare is doing something for them... the best welfare is a well-paying job.

Britain cannot afford to do as little as possible.

Labour will not have the "courage" to make the public spending cuts she argued were necessary to bring down debt and fund defence.