Kemi Badenoch enters Tory leadership race as Suella Braverman rules herself out

Shadow minister, the bookies' favourite, says if elected she will focus on renewing the party to serve the British people

Kemi Badenoch, the shadow housing and communities secretary, has entered the Conservative leadership race with a pledge to get the Tories back into government by 2030.

Badenoch, the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Rishi Sunak, said she would focus on renewing the Conservative brand around the notions that above all else, [the government] has to serve its own citizens" and we can't control immigration until we reconfirm our belief in the nation state".