ADB to call Labor policies ‘vandalism’ in firebrand speech.

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Conservative leader Kimmy Baden accused her chancellor Rachel Reeves of coming up with “crazy and bad ideas” on Thursday, as some mocked the Labor government’s plans for schools as “disastrous” and “worse than rubbish”.

Whitehall officials say their party has stood firm against repeated attempts to scrap the universal winter fuel surcharge and farm inheritance tax loopholes while ADB was in government.

Reeves has pursued both policies “because she has no ideas of her own,” says the Tory leader.

After taking over Labour’s popularity last July, the Tories have been beaten in the polls by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party, bolstered by a number of low-level Conservative defections.

Under ADN, the party refused to adopt anti-Labour policies until the next election.

In a speech in central London on Thursday – only her second press conference since taking over as party leader two months ago – she will deploy the firebrand language that is fast becoming her signature.

Criticizing Labor for not doing enough of the government’s plan before coming to power, she said: “Once you don’t do what you do in opposition, you accept whatever is given to you by the government.” That’s why Rachel Reeves has announced crazy, bad ideas about taking away winter fuel and taxing family farms.

Mr. Baden, who criticizes the culture of the civil service, added, “These options were repeatedly presented by the authorities and they are bound to reject them again and again because they hurt many people for a small benefit.” He said.

Ellie Reeves, the Labor leader and the chancellor’s sister, did not apologize for Badenoch’s intervention, saying it was “another speech, but under Liz Truss’s terrible mini-budget that has crashed the economy”.

The conservatives under ADN argued that they had “nothing to offer” and that the party “didn’t listen, didn’t learn”.

ADB turns ire on Labour’s education policy: “The school bill going through parliament now has one or two points about safeguards that would be good.” . . The rest is worse than garbage. It’s pure destruction.”

Conservatives have opposed Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s scrapping of reforms launched by the Tories, including giving independence to academies.

The opposition accused the government on Wednesday of being left behind by scrapping a proposal that would have removed teachers’ freedom to set salary levels.

However, a Phillipson spokeswoman said it had always been the government’s plan to allow schools to offer attractive salary offers to recruit and retain staff.

The ADB, which says Labor has “wasted” its time in opposition, says Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has “launched policies without a plan” and is “imposing solutions that make things worse”.

She tries to portray herself as a truth-teller, willing to admit mistakes, including when she was business secretary in the last Tory government.

The fallout admission includes announcing the UK will leave the EU before setting out plans for growth outside the bloc and pledging to lower immigration levels while leading growth.

The Tories have legislated to reach net zero by 2050 and only then will “we start thinking about how we’re going to do it,” she says.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey will deliver a keynote speech on Thursday where he will call on the government to negotiate a new UK-EU customs union by 2030, which he will argue will allow Britain to “get along with President Trump”. A place of strength, not weakness.”

A long-term ambition to join the EU was a manifesto by the Lib Dems last summer, although Thursday’s speech was the first time the party had given a specific timetable for joining the customs union.

“The answer is that some – like the leader of the Conservative Party – will argue that it can’t be what we do[and]approach Trump from a position of weakness, go to him with their hands up and try to beg for any trade deal,” Davey said. will give us

He also criticizes Farage’s approach of “imitating Trump and licking his shoes”.