Kemi Badenoch

Adrian Cohen (l), Dame Louise Ellman (c) and Preet Kaur Gill MP (r)

October 13, 2026, 1:01 pm

British Jews, Israel and party conference season

The presence of Jewish and Israel-related organisations and our allies at party conferences matters, as does our willingness to sustain conversations in difficult circumstances

By Adrian Cohen

Kemi Badenoch is interviewed by Simon Sebag Montefiore at the Cliveden Literary Festival on 10 October

October 11, 2026, 7:29 pm

Kemi Badenoch blames mob mentality for rising antisemitism

Conservative leader speaks at Cliveden Literary Festival as sessions explore tribalism and migration

By Beatrice Sayers

Kemi Badenoch takes part in Q&A at Birmingham conference

October 6, 2026, 4:59 pm

Badenoch: ‘I’m pro-Israel and pro-British Jews but unclear what being proud Zionist means’

Interviewed by Robert Peston for ITV, Badenoch said: 'I'm appalled by what the Green Party did at their conference.'

By Lee Harpin

Pic: Yoav Pichersky Olami UK event, September 2026

September 25, 2026, 11:10 am

Badenoch hails Jewish contribution to Britain at Olami gala

Opposition leader praises Britain's Jewish community at charity fundraising evening

By Michelle Rosenberg

September 1, 2026, 11:31 am

Badenoch appoints Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary in reshuffle

Ex-security minister is one of the most outspoken critics of the Iranian regime and its threat to British Jews

By Lee Harpin

Baroness Berger speaks in the Lords (Parliament TV)

August 10, 2026, 2:45 pm

Berger accuses Badenoch of ignoring convicted neo-Nazi adviser’s misogyny and pornographic abuse

Jewish Labour peer writes 'How does Badenoch know that he has changed his views about women?'

By Lee Harpin

August 6, 2026, 11:28 am

Politics, extremism, forgiveness and responsibility

Ten years ago, Joshua Bonehill-Paine was one of the UK's most notorious neo-Nazis. This week, the announcement of his candidacy as a Conservative councillor raised difficult questions

By Daniel Sugarman

August 5, 2026, 10:17 pm

Badenoch TWICE wrongly claimed former neo-Nazi was Home Office certified to deliver antisemitism training

Jewish News raised concerns with both the Conservative Party and the Home Office about her claims

By Lee Harpin

Luciana Berger during a press conference at which she announced her resignation from the Labour Party. (Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

August 4, 2026, 4:41 pm

Berger slams Badenoch over selection of ex neo-Nazi candidate who targeted her

In a post on X, Jewish peer said Tory leader had 'got this very, very wrong' after Joshua Bonehill-Paine was confirmed as a Tory council candidate

By Lee Harpin

Grant Shapps gives a speech in Manchester

July 23, 2026, 3:55 pm

Former Conservative Jewish MP reportedly rejected after party selection application

Grant Shapps is understood to have been unsuccessful in his attempt to be considered for a run as a Tory candidate at the next general election

By JN Reporter

Kemi in conversation with LBC’s Nick Ferrari. Photo Credit: Amber Pollack and Sharon Green Photography

June 14, 2026, 6:59 pm

Badenoch warns Britain must ‘stop being naive’ about antisemitism

Conservative leader received a rapturous reception from nearly 700 guests before and after her address to Norwood’s annual property lunch

By Justin Cohen

May 28, 2026, 5:08 pm

British Museum: Jewish event will take place in early June despite protest fears

Kemi Badenoch among the critics of the museum’s decision to postpone the event after it was told a “significant proportion” of attendees were planning to disrupt it

By Jewish News Reporter

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at Media City, Salford. Picture date: Sunday October 5, 2025.
Pic: PA Wire

May 11, 2026, 10:51 am

Kemi Badenoch: I stand for a Britain that will always fight for Jews

Read Kemi Badenoch's full speech at yesterday's rally against antisemitism in Central London

By Kemi Badenoch

May 11, 2026, 5:48 am

Zack Polanski and the politics of moral evasion

He is Jewish, we are told. Repeatedly, by him and his sycophants, as though his heritage is a permission slip. It is not

By Roy Zabludowicz

April 30, 2026, 5:15 pm

Conservatives face questions over ‘Hitler was right’ candidate in ward with Jewish school

Fleur Anderson MP has written to Kemi Badenoch demanding answers regarding Helena Kanaan, standing for the Tories in Roehampton in the borough of Wandsworth

By JN Reporter

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