Kemi Badenoch to unveil 95-page 'manifesto' in preparation for snap General Election
Kemi Badenoch is set to unveil a 95-page "manifesto" of principles ahead of a potential snap General Election next year.
With the Conservative Party Conference on the horizon, Ms Badenoch has produced her own Thatcher-esque book outlining core principles, which, she says, always "come first".
She writes: "Policy is critical but it comes last, not first. Principle comes first, then a way of governing, then diagnosis, and then policy.
"Otherwise, a party simply accumulates random promises with no argument linking them together."
The 30,000-word booklet, titled The Right Way, has six headings: economy, energy, Government, the country, defence, and borders and immigration.
First, according to the Sunday Times, Ms Badenoch names a "logical order" for a successful economy: "Value, prosperity and wealth must be created before they can be taxed or distributed," comes first, followed by "businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and skilled workers create that value and growth." And lastly: "Government creates the conditions in which those creating the growth can succeed."
The 46-year-old leader reaffirms her vow to abolish stamp duty, having first done so at last year's party conference.
Ms Badenoch criticises the Tories' previous target for Net Zero by 2050, before blasting the UK's "swollen" civil service.
She also warns of "high migration" and "weaker institutions," and of foreign threats "we did not face a generation ago".
And the Tory leader has already coined her own term: "'Kemistry' is what I call it."
The Conservative Party Conference kicks off in Birmingham this afternoon, with Ms Badenoch taking the stage at 2pm.
There, she is expected to unveil a £700million expansion to free childcare for high earners. She has vowed to end the "cliff edge" that currently sees free entitlement cease for individuals earning more than £100,000.
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Ms Badenoch also openly discussed her thoughts on inheritance tax this week, saying it is "morally right that people don’t get taxed twice".
The Right Way and the Conservative Party Conference come as rumours continue to swirl that Andy Burnham is eyeing up a snap General Election in 2027.
This is despite the Prime Minister insisting he would not call an early poll just days ago.
Insiders believe May 2027 could be a good time for Mr Burnham to go to the polls amid warnings from pollsters about Labour losing its Commons majority.
"There is a growing school of thought that there might be a sweet spot for an early general election," a No10 source told The i Paper.
And Ms Badenoch herself is understood to have told her team to prepare for this week's conference as though it is the last before another election.
She is said to be convinced that Mr Burnham will go to the polls within the next year.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister has ruled out an early election."
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