Kemi Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes

Rival parties hit back and said the proposals for IHT, which is levied on the value of someone's estate when they die, would prioritise support for wealthier people in the country.

Badenoch arrived in Birmingham's Symphony Hall with a message to Conservative Party members that they face a "battle for the soul of the this nation".

She argued her party is "renewed" and "coming back" as she continued efforts to convince voters that it has changed following an historic defeat…