6 h. ago Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Robert Jenrick has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK.

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6 h. ago Barbs and a betrayal as Jenrick joins Reform after Badenoch gives him boot

Former shadow justice secretary shares stage with Nigel Farage in wake of being summarily sacked by Tory leader UK politics live – latest updatesRobert Jenrick made a dramatic defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on Thursday, declaring the Conservatives “rotten” and a “failed” party, after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch for plotting against her.In a high-stakes day for the future of the British right, Jenrick became the most senior Tory to switch allegiance to Reform, launching into a fiery and personal denunciation of his former colleagues in the shadow cabinet. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Full list of Tories who have defected to Farage’s Reform after Jenrick officially joins

Robert Jenrick has been sacked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect’ from the party

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9 h. ago 'The Tories and Labour have forfeited the right to govern': How Robert Jenrick planned to urge other Conservatives to follow him to Reform before he was rumbled

As the former immigration minister was unveiled by Nigel Farage in a haphazard press conference, the Conservative Party released extracts of hi speech.

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9 h. ago 'The Tories and Labour have forfeited the right to govern': How Robert Jenrick planned to announce Reform defection

As the former immigration minister was unveiled by Nigel Farage in a haphazard press conference, the Conservative Party released extracts of hi speech.

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14 h. ago Full list of Tories who have defected to Farage’s Reform after Jenrick sacked for ‘plotting move’

Robert Jenrick has been sacked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect’ from the party

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15 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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56 h. ago Full list of former Tories who have defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform

A Conservative spokesperson said that Reform UK was the party of ‘has-been politicians’

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64 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Zahawi said he'd be a Tory until he died. So why has he ended up with Farage? The answer tells you everything about the Tories' decline

The defection of Nadhim Zahawi from the Conservative Party to Reform UK is one of the most significant since Nigel Farage took over Reform.

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Nadhim Zahawi insults journalist during first Reform press conference

Nadhim Zahawi berated a journalist for asking what he described as a “stupid question” during his first Reform UK press conference after defecting from the Conservative Party.

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3 d. ago Nadhim Zahawi says UK 'needs Nigel Farage as PM' as he joins Reform

The former Conservative chancellor announced his defection to Reform UK at a press conference on Monday

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3 d. ago Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK: Former Chancellor becomes highest ranking Tory to make switch to Nigel Farage's party

Former Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi today defected to Reform, becoming the most high-profile former Tory to join Nigel Farage's Party.

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