Badenoch’s Tories Show Signs of Life After £14 Million Year

The Conservatives’ surprisingly strong stretch of fundraising under Kemi Badenoch is the latest sign that the British opposition party is finding its footing more than a year after its cataclysmic election loss to Labour.

The Tories raised £14 million ($19 million) in the 12 months through September, more than any other party, according to campaign finance data released by the Electoral Commission this week. That compares with £13 million brought in by Nigel Farage’s poll-leading Reform UK and £9 million collected by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour over the same period.