Jenrick defection 'makes Reform win more likely'

ROBERT Jenrick joining Reform UK “makes it more likely that we win the next general election”, head of policy Zia Yusuf says.

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Zia Yusuf, head of policy for Reform UK

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Mr Jenrick said last July that Nigel Farage’s party should give Mr Yusuf “the boot”, when he said a member of his team had “accidentally pressed like” on an antisemitic post on X.

Mr Yusuf apologised after an anonymous X user posted a video that appeared to show Mr Yusuf liking a tweet attacking Mr Jenrick’s wife, who is Jewish.

Last week, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch sacked Mr Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the party, accusing him of plotting to jump ship.