The Papers: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'Published40 minutes agoImage caption, Most of Thursday's papers lead with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's speech at her party's autumn conference. The Daily Mail focuses on what it calls "Kemi's family home pledge", highlighting her promises of "no stamp duty... Her speech "electrified" the Conservative Party at the conference, the paper saysImage caption, The Metro similarly headlines on "Kemi's no inheritance tax on homes pledge", which the Tory leader says will allow couples to "leave £1m tax-free to loved ones".

It's part of a bid to "woo voters", it addsImage caption, The Independent carries a photo of Badenoch and her husband arm-in-arm at the conference, saying the Tory leader "bets the family home to win back voters". The paper adds that the inheritance tax pledge comes as she "pitches for middle-close vote"Image caption, The Daily Express also leads on the Tories' inheritance tax pledge, quoting Badenoch as saying "nobody will ever pay death tax on family homes". It says the tax is "hated" and describes Badenoch's speech as "rousing", saying she has pitched the Tories as a "no nonsense" partyImage caption, The Financial Times says "Badenoch invokes core Tory values" with her inheritance tax pledges, calling it a "new wave" for the Conservatives.

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The story is accompanied by a large photograph of Badenoch smiling and waving, as she stands behind the podium to deliver her speech. Meanwhile, the paper leads on what it calls a fear of "tax rises and spending cuts" as the Iran war "blows £12bn hole in Healey's room for maoeuvre"Image caption, "We're ready for the fight" is the Telegraph's headline, accompanied by a photo of a grinning Badenoch alongside her husband Hamish. Meanwhile, the paper says Prime Minister Andy Burnham is "ready to raise tariffs on China to get closer to EU", specifically targeting Chinese electric carsImage caption, The Times also headlines with Badenoch's speech, echoing her promise that the "Tories 'will make you better off'.

" Elsewhere on the front page, the paper says Israel is set "to close UK consulate as relationship hits a new low". That, it says, is "despite British efforts to reach an agreement to prevent the closure"Image caption, The Daily Mirror reports on Reform UK's internal investigation that said the party did not breach electoral law when senior officials were recorded by an undercover journalist discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. "Reform not dodgy, says Reform" is the headline on the Mirror's front page.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.