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It comes after shadow chancellor Mel Stride defended his boss earlier this week following criticism of her performances at Prime Minister's Questions, saying she would improve.Badenoch told the BBC: "You don't want people to be the very best they're going to be on day one."

The interview followed a speech by Badenoch where she launched a commission to examine whether the UK should withdraw from a series of international agreements in order to tackle illegal migration and allow foreign criminals to be deported more easily.Since last summer's general election, when the Conservatives suffered their worst defeat in the party's parliamentary history, support for the party has slumped further and they have been overtaken by Reform UK in the polls.The Tories also suffered a disastrous set of local election results last month, losing hundreds of council seats to Nigel Farage's party.

Meanwhile, there has been criticism of Badenoch's performance against Sir Keir Starmer in Prime Minister's Questions and her decision to take time to work out policy positions on key issues.Asked about Stride's comment that she would get better, Badenoch told the BBC: "The people who have done this job before have all told me that the first day is not what the last day is going to be like.

"That every week is different, every week you're learning.

"And that's what you want, you want people who are going to get better."During their three-week residencies they will explore and incorporate early camouflage techniques and colour palettes and contemporary botanical drawings inspired by the flora found on the shingle and marshland.

And during open days at Orford Ness visitors will be able to see the process of "creative research and experimentation" in real time as it happens.Glen Pearce, property operations manager at Orford Ness, said the landscape had long "inspired artists and creatives from all walks of life".

"We're really excited to see how this fascinating landscape, with its complicated history, further inspires artists and visitors this year," he said.Orford Ness was active from World War One until the late 1980s and home to six large test cells that were built to carry out environmental tests on the atomic bomb.