MP Kemi Badenoch has claimed that "it is time to tell the truth about our party" as she delivered a speech at the Conservative Conference in Birmingham this afternoon.
As she made her bid for the leadership vote she promised to fight against identity politics by defending Tory beliefs.
Speaking at the ICC in Birmingham, the Shadow Housing Secretary said: “Wealth is not a dirty word. It supports jobs and families. It pays for our families and our health service. We should defend it and encourage it.
“We need to stop being afraid of defending our beliefs. Those beliefs are needed now more than ever. They are needed now more than ever because a new political force has risen, something I have been fighting all my political career - identity politics.”
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