Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Tory MP who said he wouldn't choose her as leader as she is "preoccupied with her own children". Sir Christopher Chope told ITV that "you can't spend all your time with your family" while being leader of the opposition.

Kemi Badenoch should not become the next leader of the Conservative Party because she is too “preoccupied with her children”, a veteran Tory MP has suggested. Sir Christopher Chope, the MP for Christchurch,

Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Conservative MP’s suggestion she could not head the Tories because she was too “preoccupied” with her children, saying “it isn’t always women who have parental responsibilities”.