London, July 9: Former Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch on Saturday joined the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party as Boris Johnson is set to step down formally by autumn, media reports said.
Badenoch become the latest to join the race alongside Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat and Suella Braverman.
Badenoch said she wants to lead a government that will “tell the truth”, according to BBC.
The MP for Saffron Walden has resigned as UK’s Minister for Equalities earlier this week.
BBC quoted her as writing in the Times, “without change the Conservative Party, Britain and the Western world will continue to drift”, adding that the nation needs a “strong but limited government focused on the essentials”.
She hit out at “identity politics” and said Boris Johnson was “a symptom of the problems we face, not the cause of them,” according to BBC report.
Badenoch said she supports lower taxes “to boost growth and productivity, and accompanied by tight spending discipline”.
