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Badenoch defends maternity pay comments amid Tory leadership race

Kemi Badenoch has asserted that her comments regarding maternity pay have been “misrepresented” and has called for an “honest campaign” in the Tory leadership race. During the first day of the Conservative Party conference, a controversy emerged over remarks by the shadow housing secretary, which seemed to label the current maternity benefit level as “excessive”. Speaking to a news agency…