Newspaper headlines: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'
Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch's speech at the Tory conference dominates Thursday's papers.
Most of the front pages lead with Kemi Badenoch's Conservative conference speech yesterday. "We're ready for the fight" " is the Daily Telegraph's verdict on the Tory leader's message. The Financial Times says her promises to cut taxes represent a return to core Conservative values, but the Guardian describes them as "prioritising the wealthiest" . The Daily Express believes Badenoch is a "no nonsense" leader - a phrase used by several papers - and that she heads a party that will stop what it describes as inheritance tax "raids". The Times says the Conservatives are now focused on wooing "Middle England".
"Reform not dodgy, says Reform" is the Daily Mirror's review of the party's internal investigation finding it did not breach electoral law, when senior officials were recorded by an undercover journalist discussing foreign donations. The paper describes the probe as a "white wash".
The i reports that a major government review will call for schoolchildren to be given help for ADHD, autism and mental health issues even before they are diagnosed. The paper says the report will also question whether the conditions are being over-diagnosed and recommend community-based support.
The Guardian warns that the government's reforms to the special education system in England could "unravel" because parents are rushing to secure support before any changes are implemented. It says experts are now urging ministers to review the timeline for their plans, which they claim are based on optimistic assumptions. The Department for Education says it's committed to implementing its plans by 2030.
A new daily pill could represent the biggest Parkinson's breakthrough since the 1960s, according to the Times. It says a clinical trial of Solengepras found it reduced patients' stiffness, slowness and tremors, as well as keeping them more alert.
The Telegraph says scientists could have found a key to helping us live longer in a 194-year-old giant tortoise called Jonathan. He lives on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic and is estimated to have hatched in 1832. Researchers say he has the "super genes" of a 5-year-old that reduce inflammation, regulate insulin and suppress cancer.
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