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Kemi Badenoch has suggested cutting inheritance tax would be “morally right”, as the Conservatives begin their party conference with a raft of new policy pledges.
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The Tory leader suggested she was open to changes to inheritance tax, the levy paid on most estates worth more than £325,000, but only if it were fiscally responsible.
Mrs Badenoch later added: “I am not going to announce tax cuts unless we can show how we pay for them…
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tax cuts are a good thing but you’ve got to be fiscally responsible.”
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The Conservatives have made a series of policy announcements in the days approaching the annual party conference in Birmingham, as they seek to broaden their platform for government ahead of the next general election.
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they → make → election
The party has pledged to end a childcare “cliff edge”, which currently means parents earning more than £100,000 do not qualify for the entitlement.
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parents → pledge → entitlement
All parents working 16 or more hours a week would be eligible to get 30 hours of free care a week under the Tories’ proposals.
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parents → work → proposals
The policy is estimated to cost £700 million a year, which party officials say could be funded by cutting the number of public servants at arms-length bodies.
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Mrs Badenoch told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “What we want to see is that people who work harder don’t get punished for doing so.”
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Elsewhere, the Tories also announced a plan to tighten access to student loans for non-UK nationals – a policy they say would save the taxpayer £900 million a year.
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The proposals would also block EU Settled Status (EUSS) claims, a system the Tories said is being “abused”.
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Mrs Badenoch arrived at the conference on Saturday afternoon, her second as Conservative Party leader.
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She told replied: “I think that people will see that we have gone on a journey.
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We’re not the party that the public said no to in 2024.
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“I’ve got a strong team.
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So much of my shadow cabinet are here, and they are going to be showing all the wonderful plans we have to get this country working again.”
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country → go → plans
The Conservative leader arrived at the conference venue in the centre of Birmingham alongside her husband, Hamish Badenoch, a banker.
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leader → arrive → husband
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