Badenoch warns Tory MPs against ‘psychodrama’ after defections

Kemi Badenoch told MPs ‘it is now time to move on’ after her shadow justice secretary was sacked and defected to Reform UK - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has warned Tory MPs against “psychodrama” and people “undermining the party from within” as she sought to draw a line under the aftermath of Robert Jenrick’s defection.

The Conservative leader said recent departures from the party were “not about policy differences or ideology, they are about character” in a letter to MPs on Monday.