Soka Ndio Maisha Yangu
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The UK must look again at international agreements, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said.
In her first major speech on foreign policy, Badenoch said if the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) continued to stop the government acting in the country's national interest, the UK would "probably have to leave" the treaty.
Speaking during a key week for international diplomacy, she also called for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to boost defence spending by pulling funds from development aid, welfare and scrapping the Chagos deal.
It comes as US President Donald Trump has been putting pressure on European leaders to increase defence spending.
In her first major speech on foreign policy, Badenoch said if the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) continued to stop the government acting in the country's national interest, the UK would "probably have to leave" the treaty.
Speaking during a key week for international diplomacy, she also called for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to boost defence spending by pulling funds from development aid, welfare and scrapping the Chagos deal.
It comes as US President Donald Trump has been putting pressure on European leaders to increase defence spending.