Robert Jenrick: My defection to Reform ‘united the right’

Robert Jenrick denied personal ambition played a role in his decision to join Reform UK after being sacked from the Conservative shadow cabinet (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Robert Jenrick has insisted his defection to Reform UK was “uniting the right”, as he said he had put the country before his allegiance to the Conservative Party.

In an interview with the BBC, Mr Jenrick denied that personal ambition had played a role in his defection to Reform after he was sacked from the shadow cabinet.