We get it. Life is busy. You want to keep up with the news, but there's just too much going on.

Which is where Newscast comes in. We do the work, and when you're ready to dig deeper into the day's news, you just pop us into your ears.

It does mean we have to put in the hard work, though.

Listen to Newscast every day on BBC Sounds.

BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.

Hello, it's a mole and this is a bonus episode of the today podcast because I've been speaking to the Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badoadnock, and I wanted you to be able to hear the whole conversation.

We talked about reform, we talked about immigration,

we talked about what she would do in power were she elected. Here is the Kemi Badoadnock interview.

Kemi Baitnog. This is the first time that we've spoken to you since your election as leader of the Conservative Party.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Amon.

It's also the first time, possibly, that many of our audience are going to really have the chance to engage

intellectually with your worldview. So let's begin at the beginning. Why are you a conservative?

So I think it is because of the principles, which I had put in me probably by my parents without

them realizing the key one being personal

responsibility. It's the thing that distinguishes us from other parties and often manifest

itself in how much the state should do. But personal responsibility also, because I think that

the story of human endeavour, that adventure, the journey

that we take is often a very individual one that's supported by, you know, others in society,

but people need to take ownership over their lives and as much as they can and make sure,

you know, they raise their children properly and they leave

something behind that's better than what they found. Being a conservative is also about an attitude

...