Is Kemi abandoning the Red Wall? — Politics At Sam and Anne's

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Is Andy Burnham an easier opponent for the Conservatives than Keir Starmer?

At Tory conference in Birmingham, Kemi Badenoch’s team sniff a chance to attack the Prime Minister – with a particular chance to seize and attack his economic argument.

Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy pore over Badenoch’s ‘The Right Way’ pamphlet and how she plans to take the fight to Reform in the north and the Liberal Democrats in the southeast.

Elsewhere, Anne has been speaking Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary – Helen Whately – who has a couple of blunt messages for Andy Burnham.

Plus, are the Conservatives truly over Robert Jencrick after his defection to Reform?