I’m going to get better as Tory leader

Kemi Badenoch has insisted she is “going to get better” as Conservative leader, saying she is not “shy about self-criticism”.

It comes after shadow chancellor Mel Stride defended his boss earlier this week following criticism of her performances at Prime Minister’s Questions, saying she would improve.

Badenoch told the BBC: “You don’t want people to be the very best they’re going to be on day one.”

The interview followed a speech by Badenoch where she launched a commission to examine whether the UK should withdraw from a series of international agreements in order to tackle illegal migration and allow foreign criminals to be deported more easily.

Since last summer’s general…