Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has stepped up her calls for the government to authorise the RAF to strike Iran's missile launch sites. The UK has given permission for the US to use British bases to conduct defensive strikes on the facilities, but has not taken part in the action itself. RAF jets have been shooting down missiles and drones fired by Iran at allies in the region. However Badenoch told BBC Breakfast: "They need to do more than that, they need to stop the missile sites, you need to go to the source." "If you have someone with a gun shooting, stopping the bullets is not enough, you need to go after the weapon," she added. "You can't always wait for people to attack you. Sometimes you have to make sure that you get there first to stop their ability to hurt your citizens." She added that she did not want to see "troops on the ground". Speaking to the same programme, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said there was a legal basis that would allow RAF jets to strike Iranian missile sites.…