Kemi Badenoch

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Kemi Badenoch (née Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke; born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024. Badenoch previously worked in the Cabinet for prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024. She has also served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex, previously Saffron Walden, since 2017. Born in London to Nigerian parents, her family moved to Nigeria shortly after her birth. She returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 16 and later studied at the University of Sussex and Birkbeck, University of London. She went on to work for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Coutts, and The Spectator. In 2005, she joined the Conservative Party and in 2012, Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat in the London Assembly, but became a member of the London Assembly after Victoria Borwick was elected as an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House...

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