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

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

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