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Evening Standard
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Nina Lloyd

Robert Jenrick’s successor says public ‘sick of backstabbing’ after defection

Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday (PA) - (PA Wire)

Robert Jenrick’s successor in the shadow cabinet has said the public are “sick of the backstabbing” and insisted the Tories are “more united” under Kemi Badenoch after the senior MP defected to Reform UK.

Nick Timothy, who took over Mr Jenrick’s justice brief after he was pre-emptively sacked by the Opposition leader, said Conservative MPs had reacted with “resolve” to his departure.

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