62 m. ago Jenrick's journey from Tory leadership hopeful to ... Reform MP? How working

Mr Jenrick, who was pipped to the party leadership by Mrs Badenoch in late 2024, has long been tipped to abandon the struggling Tories and line up alongside Nigel Farage.

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62 m. ago Kemi Badenoch SACKS Robert Jenrick in brutal Tory reckoning after he 'left Reform defection speech lying around'

Kemi Badenoch announced that she had seen 'irrefutable evidence' that shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick was intending to betray her.

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65 m. ago Robert Jenrick sacked latest: Kemi Badenoch kicks out Tory rival for ‘secret plot to defect’ to Reform

Reform leader Nigel Farage said ‘of course’ he has had conversations with the now former senior Tory Jenrick

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85 m. ago Reform UK announce former Tory peer Malcolm Offord as new leader in Scotland

Former Tory minister Sir Malcolm Offord defected to Farage’s party in December

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87 m. ago Robert Jenrick sacked: Kemi Badenoch banishes leading Tory over 'secret' Reform defection plot

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says she given ‘clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect’

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1 hour ago Reform's new leader named in Scotland as Robert Jenrick sacked for 'plotting to defect'

Reform to field candidates in all 73 constituencies in May’s Holyrood election

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2 h. ago Malcolm Offord confirmed as Reform leader in Scotland by Nigel Farage

A month ago the then Lord Offord quit the Conservative party and defected to Reform, giving up his peerage to stand for election in Holyrood this May.

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2 h. ago Reform UK announce former Tory Lord Offord as new leader in Scotland

Former Tory minister Sir Matthew Offord defected to Farage’s party in December

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19 h. ago How Reform UK's 12,000 Scottish members are being snubbed by Nigel Farage

Reform UK members have had no say in the selection of their new leader in Scotland, widely expected to be Malcolm Offord

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19 h. ago Reform ‘recycling machine for Tory party’ – Swinney ahead of leader announcement

Scotland’s First Minister made the comments ahead of Nigel Farage announcing the party’s Scottish leader.

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28 h. ago Anas Sarwar dismisses Reform UK as “Toxic Tory rejects” in angry attack on Nigel Farage's party

The Scottish Labour leader also described senior Reform figures as "self-interested charlatans"

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57 h. ago Who is Malcolm Offord? The rich yacht lover tipped to lead Reform UK in Scotland

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon predicts Lord Offord will struggle to connect with everyday voters.

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65 h. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in a country run by Nigel Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor has become the highest-profile politician to defect to Reform UK

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66 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi ‘begged for Tory peerage' before defection to Reform, Tories claim

Stinging reponse from Conservatives after former chancellor announced his defection to Reform UK on Monday

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68 h. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in country run by Nigel Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor became the highest profile politician to defect to Reform UK on Monday

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69 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi failed in bid for peerage from Tories before Reform defection, sources say

Ex-chancellor asked Badenoch’s team for seat in Lords but was apparently rebuffed over sacking for tax affairsUK politics live – latest updatesNadhim Zahawi was rejected for a peerage by the Conservatives just weeks before he defected to Reform UK, Tory sources have told the Guardian.The former chancellor asked Kemi Badenoch’s top team for a seat in the House of Lords but was rebuffed because he had been sacked as Tory chair in 2023 over his tax affairs. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Reform’s Nadhim Zahawi once said he would be ‘frightened’ to live in country run by Farage

The controversial former Tory chancellor became the highest profile politician to defect to Reform UK on Monday

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2 d. ago Nadhim Zahawi says Britain 'is sick' and under threat from 'radical Islamists' as he abandons Tories to join Nigel Farage in Reform

The Iraq-born politician and businessman was all smiles as he posed alongside Nigel Farage, despite having once said he would be 'frightened' to live in a country run by him.

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2 d. ago Controversial former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform ‘after having Tory peerage turned down’

Former MP and minister sacked as Tory Party chairman in 2023 after he breached ministerial code over his tax affairs

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3 d. ago Who is Nadhim Zahawi? The child refugee who rose to become Tory chancellor and has now defected to Reform

At a press conference in London, the ex-Tory Party chairman said Britain ‘really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister’

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