Jenrick joins Reform after being sacked by Tories

ROBERT Jenrick yesterday defected to Reform UK after being sacked from the Conservative Party's front bench by the Tories’ leader, Kemi Badenoch, because of “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting” to jump ship in a “damaging” way.

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Mr Jenrick launched a scathing attack at his former party at a press conference alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage, saying the Conservatives “don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs”.

He said: “I can’t kid myself any more. The party hasn’t changed and it won't. The bulk of the party don’t get it. Don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs.”

Mr Farage joked he would “buy Kemi lunch next week and say thank you’, as he confirmed Mr Jenrick was joining his party.