Kemi Badenoch blasted Sir Keir Starmer as “what is wrong with politics” in a major speech today.
The Tory leader said she did not feel sorry for Labour amid the criticism the new Government is facing.
She referred to the Prime Minister branding politicians calling for a national probe into grooming gangs as jumping on a “far-Right bandwagon”.
She told the audience at the central London speech: “He is what is wrong with politics.”
Mrs Badenoch also declared that the Conservative Party is “under new leadership”.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (Image: SKY NEWS)
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She said: “From now on, we are going to tell the British people the truth, even when it is difficult to hear.
“The truth about the mistakes we made, the truth about the problems we face, and the truth about the actions we must take to get our country out of this mess.”
She admitted that previous Tory governments made mistakes on Brexit and immigration.
Mrs Badenoch said: “I will acknowledge the Conservative Party made mistakes and I understand why the British people made it so clear in July that we needed to change.
“We were making announcements without proper plans. We announced that we would leave the European Union before we had a plan for growth outside the EU.”
She added: “We announced year after year that we would lower immigration, but despite our efforts immigration kept going up.
“Those mistakes were made because we told people what they wanted to hear first and then tried to work it out later. That is going to stop under my leadership.”
