The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Who said it: the Robert Jenrick memo or David Brent?

Memo on how ex-Tory should act after Reform defection seems to channel Ricky Gervais character from The Office

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19

Nigel Farage Prepares to Unveil 'Former Labour MP' as Reform UK's Newest Defector

Nigel Farage is preparing to unveil a former Labour MP as Reform UK's latest high-profile defector, intensifying pressure on both Keir Starmer and the Conservatives as the insurgent party surges in the polls and redraws Westminster's political fault lines.

International Business Times UK · Jan 19

Jenrick: Badenoch’s reluctance to kick out Truss shows Tories have not changed

Mr Jenrick wrote in The Times that Britain is ‘broken today as never before in my lifetime’.

Evening Standard · Jan 19

The playground politicking around Robert Jenrick’s jump

Letters: Madhan Street reflects on the language used to talk about Robert Jenrick’s defection and Dr Anthony Isaacs calls for cooperation to counter a Conservative/Reform alliance

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

In praise of Martin Kettle’s mind and method

Letters: Readers reflect on the writer’s legacy after the publication of his last regular weekly column for the Guardian after 41 years on the staff

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

Reform leader in Scotland says independence vote should be postponed for 10 years

Speaking to the BBC Scotland Sunday Show, Lord Offord said that Nigel Farage ‘would not be dictating the policies’.

Evening Standard · Jan 18

‘It feels like gruel’: Lib Dem MPs growing frustrated by Ed Davey approach

Exclusive: No move yet against leader but some say party ‘too academic at times’ and needs coherent national policy

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

Dining across the divide: ‘For him it seems to come down to good immigrants and bad immigrants’

One is a Reform voter who supports Tommy Robinson. The other works with immigrants and knows they’re not here to steal jobs or get benefits. Can they make it through a meal together?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

More likely we win next general election with Jenrick at Reform – Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf said Robert Jenrick is ‘thoughtful’ and ‘clear eyed about all of the different ways the Tories betrayed this country’.

Evening Standard · Jan 18

Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’

Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18