Tory leader says her party offered policies without plans while in government and politicians are not being honest with public

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Kemi Badenoch has said the UK is getting poorer and people should be honest that it is failing to compete with the rest of the world.

In a speech billed as the Conservative leader confronting the party’s mistakes in government, Badenoch failed to offer a specific apology but said that the party had offered policy without a plan, including on Brexit and net zero.