2 h. ago Maria Caulfield becomes latest senior Tory to defect to Reform UK

Former health minister announces decision a day after MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s partyUK politics live – latest updatesAnother senior Conservative has defected to Reform UK, with the former health minister Maria Caulfield saying she signed up to Nigel Farage’s party a month ago.Although Caulfield is no longer an MP after losing her Lewes seat to the Liberal Democrats last year, it is another blow for the Tories, a day after Danny Kruger, a sitting Tory MP and shadow work and pensions minister, announced he had moved to Reform. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Former Tory health minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK

Move comes a day after Conservative MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party

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3 h. ago Maria Caulfield defects to Reform as Nigel Farage claims another former Tory minister

Pressure on Kemi Badenoch as ex-Conservative MP becomes the latest to join Farage’s party

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3 h. ago Maria Caulfield, former Tory health minister, defects to Reform — UK politics live

Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second Conservative MP in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s partyVikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Fears grow that other senior Tory MPs will join Reform as defector Danny Kruger declares the Conservatives are over

Fears of a Conservative exodus are growing within the party after one of its key thinkers quit to join Reform UK.

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24 h. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'More Tories to defect' to Farage's Reform

Nigel Farage unveiled Danny Kruger as his latest recruit at a bullish press conference in Westminster - with the MP saying the Conservatives are 'over'.

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27 h. ago Nigel Farage wins first sitting Tory MP defector as Danny Kruger joins Reform

Nigel Farage has seen the first sitting Tory MP defect to Reform UK in Prue Leith’s son Danny Kruger

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1 week ago Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform as she declares: 'The Tory Party is dead'

Nadine Dorries has become the latest high-profile Conservative to defect to Reform UK, declaring: “The Tory Party is dead.”

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1 week ago Nadine Dorries defects to Reform as she declares 'The Tory Party is dead'

Nadine Dorries is the latest high profile Conservative to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform, declaring: “The Tory Party is dead”.

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2 w. ago Senior Scottish Tory MSP 'can't predict more defections' and makes 'collegiate unit' claim

Rachael Hamilton admitted she was unable to predict more of her MSPs “jumping ship”.

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