2 h. ago UK’s new climate adviser vows to fight for net zero consensus amid ‘headwinds’

Nigel Topping was recently appointed chairman of the Climate Change Committee.

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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 Former Tory minister defects to Reform in latest blow for Kemi Badenoch

It comes just a day after Tory MP Danny Kruger also made the leap to Reform

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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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5 h. ago Nigel Farage under fire for 'vile homophobia' after straight couples claim

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was challenged over comments about marriage from MP Danny Kruger, who was unveiled as the latest Tory to defect to his party yesterday

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22 h. ago Who are the other potential Tory defectors to Reform UK? Other top Conservatives are tipped to join Nigel Farage's party following Danny Kruger's switch

Reform leader Nigel Farage said Danny Kruger would head up his party's efforts to prepare for Government.

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23 h. ago Danny Kruger’s defection to Reform UK sparks mixed reaction in his constituency

The East Wiltshire MP has quit Kemi Badenoch’s party and was unveiled as Nigel Farage’s latest recruit at a press conference.

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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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24 h. ago Prue Leith's son Danny Kruger joins Reform as Tory MP makes brutal 'clowns' swipe

Right-winger Danny Kruger has switched to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, declaring that the Tories are 'over' - as Labour accused the party of tying itself to years of Tory failure

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25 h. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'Panicking' Tories fear more defections after shadow minister Danny Kruger jumps ship to Farage's Reform

The East Wiltshire MP, the son of Bake Off host Prue Leith , was unveiled by Mr Farage in London this morning.

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25 h. ago Tory MP joins Nigel Farage's Reform brigade – people are just realising who famous mum is

Danny Kruger has defected from the Conservatives to Reform and has been put in charge of preparations for government, in a major coup for Nigel Farage's insurgent party

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26 h. ago Tory shadow minister Danny Kruger DEFECTS to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying that the Conservatives are 'over' as a party

Tory MP Danny Kruger has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying the Conservative Party 'is over' as a party and the opposition.

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26 h. ago Watch in full: Danny Kruger speaks after defecting to Reform UK from Conservatives

Nigel Farage announced that Conservative MP Danny Kruger defected to Reform UK on Monday, 15 September.

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26 h. ago 'The Conservative Party is over': Tory MP defects to Reform in huge blow to Kemi Badenoch

Danny Kruger, a Tory shadow minister and the MP for East Wiltshire, said he was joining Reform to help “prepare” Reform for government

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27 h. ago Conservative MP defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK and says it's 'painful'

The Conservative MP said his decision to leave was 'painful'

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27 h. ago Tory MP Danny Kruger DEFECTS to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying that the Conservatives are 'over' as a party

Tory MP Danny Kruger has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying the Conservative Party 'is over' as a party and the opposition.

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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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27 h. ago Watch live: Danny Kruger speaks after defecting to Reform UK from Conservatives

Watch live as Nigel Farage announces that Conservative MP Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK on Monday, 15 September.

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