Former home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

Braverman becomes third sitting Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage’s party in little more than a week

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Suella Braverman has defected to Reform, the third sitting Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage’s party in little more than a week.

Arriving as a surprise speaker at a Reform event in London, the Fareham and Waterlooville MP, who has been an MP since 2015 and served as home secretary under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, said: “Today am announcing that I resign the Conservative whip.”

She added: “I feel like I have come home.”