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Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch will deliver a speech on the final day of her party's annual conference, warning of an impending "battle of ideas" in British politics. The differences between the Conservative Party and the Labour government, according to Badenoch, go to the very core of what kind of country the nation wants to be. This week, the Tory leader has been seeking to reframe the public's perception of her party, which has yet to recover in the polls since the last election.

During her main conference speech, Badenoch will position the upcoming general election as a fight for the soul of the nation against Labour under Prime Minister Andy Burnham. She will argue that Burnham's government seeks to "wind back the clock to failed ideas of the past," believing that economic growth is created by politicians and that the government knows best.

Badenoch will emphasize that Labour plans to take and redistribute people's incomes, pensions, and savings as they see fit, labeling this approach as "compassionate" but ultimately resulting in higher taxes and a poorer country trapped in a "doom loop."

In contrast, the Conservatives believe that what people earn belongs to them, not the government. Badenoch will argue that growing the economy will be the central organizing principle of the next Conservative government. She will also announce plans to cut the rate of employer National Insurance (NI) contributions for those aged 21 to 24 from 15% to 7.5%, targeting starter jobs and the standard rate applying to earnings above £50,270. The policy, projected to cost £2.3bn, will have its funding plan published on the same day.

Badenoch also hints at potential tax cuts, including scrapping at least one tax every budget and the mansion tax, as well as a reduction in the 40% rate of inheritance tax for properties worth more than £325,000. She will argue that the Conservative Party is a renewed version of itself, fighting for the belief that what people earn belongs to them, not the government, returning to the authentic Conservative Party that people knew and loved.