The Labour councillor’s defection to Reform UK will raise fears in Labour HQ that there are more to come

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'.

Prue Leith’s son Danny Kruger, who was shadow work and pensions minister, says the Conservatives ‘are over’

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

Fears of a Conservative exodus are growing within the party after one of its key thinkers quit to join Reform UK.

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

Maria Caulfield, a former health minister who now works as a full-time nurse in the NHS, was today revealed to have joined Reform's ranks.

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

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…

Former health minister announces decision a day after MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party

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The Labour councillor’s defection to Reform UK will raise fears in Labour HQ that there are more to come