Badenoch Vows to Slash UK Deficit as Tories Focus on Economy (1)

Kemi Badenoch will vow to cut the UK deficit if the Conservatives win the next general election, as she seeks to recover her party’s claim to sound stewardship of the economy.

In a speech to her party’s annual conference in Manchester on Wednesday, Badenoch will say that half of all savings identified by a future Tory administration will be used to reduce Britain’s deficit, after the national debt soared to almost 100% of the size of the UK economy in recent years. Under her new “golden rule,” the other half will be directed toward tax cuts or spending.

Kemi Badenoch on Oct. 8.

Photographer: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg

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