Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch will host a monthly phone-in on LBC, starting tomorrow at 8pm.
The programme, called Call Kemi, will be presented by Iain Dale and broadcast across the UK on LBC and the LBC app. Listeners will be able to ask questions directly to Kemi on a wide range of topics including the economy, immigration, healthcare, education and defence.
The one-hour slot will give callers the chance to put their concerns to the Leader of the Conservative Party each month. LBC has confirmed no subject will be off limits, with the station promising a direct and challenging exchange between Kemi and listeners.
Kemi said: “I’m delighted to be launching Call Kemi on LBC, starting this Tuesday 16th September alongside the great Iain Dale. I can’t wait to speak directly to LBC listeners across the country every month about the issues that matter most to them.”
Iain Dale added: “Holding politicians to account is what LBC listeners do best. Kemi Badenoch is a no nonsense politician and she doesn’t hold back. At a time when people’s trust in politicians appears to be at an all time low, this is her opportunity to show the British people what she is made of.”
Tom Cheal, Senior Managing Editor of LBC, said the new phone-in gives audiences “unfettered access to those in power” and ensures listeners can challenge political leaders directly.
Call Kemi follows LBC’s history of live political phone-ins, which began in 2013 with Call Clegg featuring then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Other politicians to take part in similar formats on the station have included Sir Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan.