Overview

• In a Financial Times interview, Badenoch said “Milei is a model to follow” and answered “yes and yes” when asked if the UK needed a leader like Argentina’s president.
• She praised Argentina’s deep public spending cuts and trade liberalization for driving monthly inflation below 2% since December 2023.
• As leader of the UK Conservative Party since July 2024, Badenoch has positioned herself on the party’s right flank with a Thatcherite, libertarian agenda.
• She warned against adopting Reform UK’s anti-immigration message and called on Conservatives to offer hope and solve problems.
• To translate her free-market vision into action, she has established policy commissions to plan targeted cuts in health and disability spending while safeguarding pension protections.