Kemi Badenoch will arrive in Manchester on Saturday with the Tories on the crest of a slump.

Polling released on Friday by YouGov made yet more grim reading for the party as its members gather for their annual conference.

Just 11% of voters believe the Conservatives are ready for government, and only 20% think Badenoch has done a good job since being elected the party’s leader last November.

On management of the economy, traditionally the Tories’ strongest suit, barely a quarter of the public trust them.

Even more worryingly for the party, given the existential threat to them posed by the rise of Reform UK , only one in seven voters trust them on immigration.

It’s already clear that the party has a mountain to climb to even be competitive the next time the country goes to the pol

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