Kemi Badenoch: Last News

The Post Office chairman has been pushed out of his role following the Horizon IT scandal, reports say.

Stephen Flynn has accused Rishi Sunak of "putting money before morals" after he refused to return £10m given to the Conservatives by a donor accused of racism.

Rishi Sunak is continuing to resist calls to apologise for his transgender joke in the Commons this week, after he was grilled on the row during an appearance on local radio.

Wetherspoon founder and boss Tim Martin has been knighted as part of the New Year honours.

The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Scotland have urged the UK Government to restrict the sale of fireworks after chaos on Bonfire Night.

The Government has said 'no tax cuts are possible in a substantial' way as the Conservative Party conference continues in Manchester today.

Mind is demanding that the government ends all forms of conversion therapy for all members of the LGBT community now. Gemma Byrne, policy and campaigns manager at the mental health charity, said that “there’s no time to wait” to protect people against the psychologically damaging practice.

Bimini has staged a protest against the government’s proposed anti-trans legislation that would see the trans community robbed of vital rights and protections.The pop star and former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant interrupted their set on the Greenpeace stage last night (June 22) to hold up a placard that read: “Bin The Tories Anti-Trans Ban”. Fans in the crowd were also seen holding up similar placards.The Conservative government is proposing to change the legal definition of sex.

The Scottish Government has vowed to "vigorously contest" any legal challenge from Westminster over its gender reform plans.

The UK Government could block controversial plans to make it easier for Scots to change their gender despite MSPs voting in favour of the landmark legislation.

Kezia Dugdale has accused opponents of gender reforms of using "populist tactics" as MSPs prepare for a mammoth nine-hour debate.

UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is to stand down when Liz Truss formally takes over as Prime Minister today.

A Conservative councillor in Falkirk says he is now backing Liz Truss to become the next Prime Minister because of her determination to "hold the Scottish Government to account".

The next Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader will be announced on September 5. The new leader will be revealed as MPs return to parliament following the summer recess.

Jeremy Clarkson has criticised candidates in the running for the next Tory leadership election.The Clarkson’s Farm star branded them all “perma-smiley weirdos” and doesn’t think any of them have what it takes to be Prime Minister. Jeremy, 62, complained about the selection of candidates for Britain’s next PM in his latest column today. The Clarkson’s Farm presenter wrote: “I cannot remember a leadership contest that was so shoulder-saggingly boring. “I don't know who any of the candidates are or what any of them think.

Boris Johnson, got the “big calls” right in the past – predicting the outcome of the last World Cup, the result of the 20160 Brexit referendum and even the election of Donald Trump. But when he was called upon to pick the winner of the Conservative party’s current leadership tussle, Marcus missed by a mile.READ MORE: Video of young Rishi Sunak saying he's 'no working class' friends goes viralShown a range of apples labelled with the names of the likely winners of the contest, including former Secretary of State for Defence Penny Mordaunt and multi-millionaire chancellor Rishi Sunak, Marcus made his choice.He strolled over and carefully selected the apple representing the Attorney General for England and Wales, Suella Braverman.But Ms Braverman was knocked out of the running in a vote today, leaving the remaining candidates scrambling to scoop up her supporters to bolster their own bid.The contest appears to be settling into a two-horse race with Mordaunt and Sunak well ahead of the remaining contenders, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch and widely-respected backbencher Tom Tugendhat also still in with an outside chance.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Marcus made his prediction live on ITV’s Lorraine show yesterday morning (Wednesday, July 13).

Number 10 has defended a minister who branded a journalist "creepy and bizarre" for asking a basic question.

'N-word' in the Commons during a debate mentioning Black Lives Matter (BLM). Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch had branded the movement as 'anti-capitalist' and 'political'.

Humanists UK worked closely with the Isle of Man parliament on the provisions and said the UK government urgently needed to follow suit."Every day that conversion therapy is allowed to continue in this country is another day that LGBT people will be subjected to practices that can cause serious harm and even the loss of life,” Richy Harrison, Director of Public Affairs and Policy at Humanists UK, told the M.E.N.“The government should urgently change the law to ban all such practice.”In March, a petition was created urging UK government to push forward on the therapy ban.The petition gathered over 179,000 signatures and is now awaiting consideration for discussion in parliament.In response to the petition, equalities minister Kemi Badenoch

Boris Johnson has been blasted for setting up a new anti-racism Commission to stop the "sense of victimisation" among BAME people.