The new Tory leader says she would impose a cap on the numbers allowed to enter the UK if she was in power.

Kemi Badenoch has admitted that Brexit isn’t working, saying the previous government “did not deliver” after the country voted to end free movement. “We ended free movement, but the system that replaced it is not working”, the Tory leader told a press conference in Westminster.

There was a ripple of excitement around Westminster today as Kemi Badenoch gave her first major speech as Tory leader. It was announced via a somewhat cryptic message from the Conservative Party, promising news on immigration.

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, is to make a speech on immigration in central London. Mrs Badenoch, who became Tory leader at the beginning of this month, is to be joined by Chris Philp,

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The new Tory leader has criticised her party's record, promising to now tell the truth about immigration in a major warning about current numbers.

Kemi Badenoch admitted the Tories made mistakes on immigration in her first major policy speech as Tory leader. Mrs Badenoch said her party had got it wrong on both legal and illegal migration while in office and pledged to do things differently.