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Conservative Party Faces Crisis: Smithers Calls for Badenoch's Resignation

5/4/2025

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After a devastating local election where the Conservative Party lost 674 seats, former North Northamptonshire council leader Jason Smithers is urging Kemi Badenoch to step down. With 37 seats lost in North Northamptonshire alone, Badenoch has expressed remorse to the defeated councillors and vowed to rebuild the party's tarnished reputation.

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After a devastating local election where the Conservative Party lost 674 seats, former North Northamptonshire council leader Jason Smithers is urging Kemi Badenoch to step down. With 37 seats lost in North Northamptonshire alone, Badenoch has expressed remorse to the defeated councillors and vowed to rebuild the party's tarnished reputation.