Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Tory MP who said he wouldn't choose her as leader as she is "preoccupied with her own children". Sir Christopher Chope told ITV that "you can't spend all your time with your family" while being leader of the opposition.

Sir Christopher Chope questions former business secretary’s commitment to the role because ‘she spends a lot of time with her family’

Sir Christopher Chope believes Kemi Badenoch shouldn't be the next leader of the opposition as she spends “a lot of time with her family.”