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| January 2025 | Delivered a speech criticizing past Conservative Party actions, admitting they often told the public what they wanted to hear before working out details. |
| January 15 2025 | Badenoch's spokesperson confirmed she will not conduct a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle before the next general election. |
| January 2 2025 | Badenoch called for a national public inquiry into the UK's rape gangs, criticizing the Labour government for not supporting a government-led inquiry into the Oldham case, and faced backlash from Keir Starmer for her previous inaction on the issue. |
| 2024 | Kemi Badenoch distributed a pamphlet as part of her campaign for leadership of the Conservative Party, discussing the shift in politics away from traditional class influences and criticizing the rise of a new 'progressive ideology' focused on government intervention. |
| 2024 | Kemi Badenoch was elected to Parliament as MP for North West Essex, receiving 35.6% of the vote and a majority of 2,610, following the abolition of her previous constituency. |
| 2024 | After the Conservatives' defeat in the general election, Badenoch was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. |
| 2024 | Following the 2024 United States presidential election, Badenoch wrote a column in The Daily Telegraph urging the British government to resume trade deal discussions with the United States, emphasizing the opportunity presented by Donald Trump's reelection. |
| 2024 | Badenoch initially came second to Robert Jenrick in the first two ballots of the leadership contest before topping the final MPs' vote. |
| 2024 | In a speech, Kemi Badenoch expressed her concerns regarding discussions that attribute wealth and success in the UK to colonialism, imperialism, or white privilege. She emphasized the importance of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 as a pivotal event that provided economic certainty leading to the Industrial Revolution. |
| 2024 | At the Conservative Party Conference, Badenoch made controversial remarks about civil servants, suggesting that up to 10% were so incompetent they should be imprisoned. |
| 2024 | Badenoch reevaluated her stance on China, declaring it a threat due to 'economic coercion' and advocating for Britain to engage in the Trans-Pacific Partnership to bolster economic competition with China. |
| 2024 | Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in the members' ballot, becoming party leader and Leader of the Opposition. |
| 2024 | During the 2024 general election campaign, Johnson campaigned for the Conservative Party, which ultimately lost the election in a landslide to Labour. |
| December 2024 | Badenoch faced criticism from Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima over her previous comments regarding Nigeria, to which her spokesman affirmed that she would not retract her statements. |
| December 2024 | Kemi Badenoch was included in the BBC 100 Women 2024 list. |
| December 23 2024 | In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Kemi Badenoch stated that the public 'kicked out' the Conservative Party due to a lack of trust and failure to deliver, acknowledging the challenges her party would face in the upcoming 2025 local elections. |
| November 2024 | In a letter to the Conservative Friends of Israel during her leadership bid, Badenoch expressed her commitment to strengthen ties with Israel and combat antisemitism in the UK. |
| November 2024 | Badenoch acknowledged that the Conservative Party had mismanaged immigration policies and announced plans for a review of all immigration-related policies, including a commitment to implement a new policy featuring a strict numerical cap on immigration. |
| November 2024 | Kemi Badenoch faced criticism from Eurosceptic MPs, including Nigel Farage, for instructing Conservative MPs to abstain on a vote concerning passports for household pets traveling to Northern Ireland, highlighting her approach to party unity versus effective opposition. |
| November 4 2024 | Kemi Badenoch appointed Rebecca Harris as Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, marking her first appointment to her Shadow Cabinet as she began forming her opposition frontbench. |
| October 2024 | Johnson's memoirs, titled 'Unleashed', were released. |
| September 2024 | During a September interview with Sky News, Badenoch asserted that Israel had demonstrated 'moral clarity' in its military actions against Hamas and Hezbollah. |
| September 2024 | During an interview on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Badenoch asserted the importance of western values and criticized immigrants bringing 'foreign conflicts,' arguing for a stronger cultural integration strategy. |
| September 2024 | Kemi Badenoch wrote an article for The Sunday Telegraph emphasizing the need for immigrants to share British values and contribute to society, advocating for an integration strategy that includes an 'integration course' for new arrivals. |
| September 2024 | While campaigning to be leader of the Conservative Party, Badenoch addressed a question about maternity pay, first stating it had gone 'too far' in terms of business regulation, but later clarified in an interview that maternity pay was 'a good thing' and not excessive. |
| July 28 2024 | Badenoch announced her candidacy for the election to become the new leader of the Conservative Party. |
| May 2 2024 | Johnson was turned away from his polling station after failing to bring valid photographic identification for the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner election, though he later returned to vote. |
| May 1 2024 | Badenoch's office referenced a letter by Conservative MP Eddie Hughes as evidence to support her claim that girls using gender-neutral toilets developed urinary tract infections. |
| March 2024 | Reports emerged that Johnson is expected to campaign for the Conservatives in the upcoming General Election. |
| February 2024 | Johnson had a private meeting with Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela. |
| January 2024 | Under Badenoch's direction, negotiations for the Canada–United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement were paused due to Canadian demands regarding hormone-treated beef, resulting in a trade agreement less favorable than previous arrangements when the UK was part of the EU. |
| 2023 | Kemi Badenoch, as International Trade Secretary, rejected demands to revoke arms exports to Israel following the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war and condemned the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. |
| 2023 | During her speech, Badenoch referred to gender-affirming healthcare for young people questioning their gender as 'a new form of conversion therapy' and announced plans to ban social transition in British schools. |
| 2023 | Badenoch announced regulations in the House of Commons that stripped the ability of transgender migrants from certain countries to acquire UK documents matching their gender identity, asserting that the UK does not recognize self-identification for gender recognition. |
| 2023 | Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds bought Brightwell Manor, a £3.8 million moated mansion in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire. |
| 2023 | Boris Johnson returned to road running. |
| December 2023 | Badenoch refused an application for funding from the Music Export Growth Scheme for the Belfast-based rap group Kneecap, which was criticized for being based on the group's political views. |
| December 2023 | A town hall meeting was held to address low morale in the Department for Business and Trade. |
| November 5 2023 | Boris Johnson visited Israel to express solidarity following Hamas' attack and stated that there could be no moral equivalence between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces. |
| October 2023 | Johnson announced his new role as a commentator and programme maker for the television channel GB News in anticipation of the next general election and the US presidential election. |
| July 2023 | Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds welcomed their third child, a son named Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson. |
| July 16 2023 | Badenoch signed an agreement for the UK to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, aimed at providing British exporters preferential access to a significant market in the Asia Pacific. |
| June 16 2023 | Boris Johnson was unveiled as a new columnist for the Daily Mail, with reports indicating he would receive a 'very-high six-figure sum' for the position. |
| June 15 2023 | The Commons Privileges Committee published a report concluding that Johnson lied to and misled the House of Commons over Partygate and recommended a 90-day suspension had he still been an MP. |
| June 9 2023 | Johnson's 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were published, leading to a public feud with Rishi Sunak and the resignation announcement of his supporter Nadine Dorries from her MP position, after which Johnson resigned as an MP. |
| May 2023 | The Cabinet Office referred Boris Johnson to the police regarding potential breaches of COVID regulations that occurred between June 2020 and May 2021. |
| April 2023 | Badenoch announced a reduction in the number of laws planned for repeal from around 4,000 to approximately 800, which was met with dismay by Brexit advocates. |
| March 2023 | An interim report from the Commons Select Committee of Privileges suggested there was evidence Johnson should have been aware of breaches of COVID-19 regulations, stating that he had 'personal knowledge' of lockdown gatherings in No 10. |
| February 2023 | In a Cabinet reshuffle, Badenoch became Secretary of State for Business and Trade and retained the responsibilities of Women and Equalities Minister. |
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