Overview

• A tape published by The Telegraph on July 6 captures Baroness Maclean telling a Conservative Women’s Organisation meeting that the party had “done the mea culpas” and must focus on future policies.
• Labour chair Ellie Reeves and Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper have demanded fresh apologies for 14 years of Tory government errors in response to the remarks.
• Recent polls show the Conservatives at just 17 percent support, trailing both Labour and Reform UK and intensifying pressure for a strategic reset.
• Senior party figures say it is time to move on from public contrition and execute Kemi Badenoch’s Renewal 2030 policy blueprint to rebuild voter trust.
• Kemi Badenoch is due to unveil plans this week to restrict Pip and Universal Credit health top-ups to British citizens as part of a tougher welfare reform agenda.