Kemi Badenoch Joins Leadership Race, Promising ‘Limited Government’

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch talks in the House of Commons in London on Oct. 20, 2020. Parliament TV

Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has become the latest to throw her hat in the ring for the UK’s premiership following Boris Johnson’s resignation.

The 42-year-old MP for Saffron Walden launched her bid with an opinion article published in The Times of London on Saturday, painting a “smart and nimble centre-right vision” of a “strong but limited government focused on the essentials.”