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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and David Maddox

Why Kemi Badenoch finally gave Robert Jenrick the boot after months of Tory power struggle

As she made her shock announcement that she had sacked Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch said she was “very sorry” to have had to fire her shadow justice secretary.

But few close to her will miss the man who has long been seen as a thorn in her side.

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