Kemi Badenoch declared new Conservative leader

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Kemi Badenoch is declared winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest at an event in central London, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388. The new leader says the Tories have to be "honest" about the "fact we made mistakes" and "the fact that we let standards slip" during her acceptance speech. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The result was Kemi Badenoch, 53,806 votes, and Robert Jenrick, 41,000.

00:38It is the most enormous honour to be elected to this role, to lead the party that I love.

00:51The party that has given me so much, I hope that I will be able to repay that debt.

00:57Our party is critical to the success of our country, but to be heard, we have to be honest.

01:04Honest about the fact that we made mistakes.

01:08Honest about the fact that we let standards slip.

01:11The time has come to tell the truth.

01:21It is time to get down to business.

01:23It is time to renew.

01:24Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

01:25Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

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