Tories 'shedding baggage to Reform' – Badenoch

TWENTY councillors have walked away from the Conservatives to join Reform UK, as Kemi Badenoch admits her party is “shedding a lot of baggage”

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Nigel Farage’s party unveiled 20 defections yesterday, the eve of the Conservative annual conference finale in Manchester where Mrs Badenoch will make her closing speech.

‘The boost to Reform UK's ranks follows several wins in the May elections. But Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch said she would measure her party’s success “at the next general election’.