The MPs decision to cross the floor raises issues for both parties – but could also signal an eventual coming together of the two

Danny Kruger has become the first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform, declaring that Nigel Farage’s party bears the “new torch of conservatism”.

Conservative Party elites will now wonder what the future will hold under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership

The move by Jenrick’s former campaign manager may signal that Tories on the Right have given up on the party

The Tory MP and shadow work and pensions minister has defected to Reform - becoming the first sitting Tory MP to do so

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

The MPs decision to cross the floor raises issues for both parties – but could also signal an eventual coming together of the two

This move by the East Wiltshire MP won’t kill the Conservative Party, just as Douglas Carswell’s defection to Ukip didn’t a decade ago

The MP faces the challenge of building a credible policy platform so that Reform can challenge for power at the next election

Maria Caulfield is latest to join Nigel Farage’s party after Danny Kruger crossed the floor on Monday

Reform are building momentum with a former Tory health minister joining the party, one day after a sitting Tory MP crossed the floor to the rival party. But do you agree that the…

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