0h 26min, jan 15, 2026 y - Jenrick Defects to Reform

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Former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick has announced he is joining Reform UK, hours after he was sacked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for plotting to defect to Nigel Farage's party.

Jenrick was unveiled at a press conference by Farage, who thanked Badenoch for expelling her former Tory leadership rival and helping "realign the centre-right of British politics".

In a tirade against his old party and former colleagues, Jenrick said the Conservatives "broke" the country, were "rotten" and had "betrayed its voters".

Speaking minutes before he took to the stage, Badenoch said it was a "good day" for the Conservatives and Jenrick was "now Nigel Farage's problem".

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