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Helen Corbett

Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch during a visit to 3T Training Services in Aberdeen (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has suggested Reform UK have set a deadline for Tory MPs to defect because they fear no one else will join them, after she lost frontbencher Robert Jenrick to the party this week.

Mr Jenrick’s sudden defection came hours after Mrs Badenoch dismissed him as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the Conservative Party, accusing him of plotting to jump ship to Reform.

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