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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Farage expected to name Jenrick as potential future chancellor

Nigel Farage with Robert Jenrick surrounded by photographers
Nigel Farage with Robert Jenrick after he defected from the Conservatives to Reform last month. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Nigel Farage is expected to name Robert Jenrick as his potential future chancellor, as part of a series of appointments of key Reform UK politicians on Tuesday.

The appointment of the recently defected former Conservative cabinet minister is likely to raise eyebrows within the party when the role had previously been widely expected to be handed to the former leader Richard Tice.

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