Conservative leader thanks Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, for ‘doing my spring cleaning for me’

Robert Jenrick ruled out a move to Reform UK just weeks before he was sacked due to "irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect'' from the Conservative Party.…

Conservative leader says she had ‘irrefutable evidence’ shadow justice secretary was plotting to defect in most damaging way

Reform leader Nigel Farage said ‘of course’ he has had conversations with the now former senior Tory Jenrick

The Reform UK leader had described the Tory MP as a ‘fraud’ as recently as last summer

The Conservative leader has faced months of questions over his ambitions, including whether he planned to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – but Badenoch made a move first, as…

Robert Jenrick has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK after being sensationally sacked from the shadow cabinet and suspended from the Conservative party. Lucy Hough speaks to…

Lucy Hough speaks to head of national news Archie Bland

Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot

As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates

Nigel Farage thanks Tory leader for delivering Robert Jenrick to Reform ‘on a plate’ after firing him – and boasts of a Labour defector to come

Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career

The former minister says the Conservatives "broke Britain", as Nigel Farage welcomes him to his party.

How Kemi Badenoch managed to sack Jenrick before he could announce he was ditching Tories for Reform

Some supporters are concerned about the number of Conservatives being welcomed by their party, and fear it could alienate voters

The Conservative leader said Nigel Farage’s party was ‘taking away’ her problems by welcoming Robert Jenrick

The Conservative leader said Reform are ‘taking people who are repeatedly sacked from government’.

Conservative leader thanks Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, for ‘doing my spring cleaning for me’

Jenrick was sacked by the Conservative leader this week hours before he defected to Nigel Farage’s party