Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second prominent Tory in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s party

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”.

Nigel Farage unveiled Danny Kruger as his latest recruit at a bullish press conference in Westminster - with the MP saying the Conservatives are 'over'.