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Kemi Badenoch hails Russell Findlay as ‘best person’ to be first minister

The Conservative leader was speaking during a visit to Aberdeen on Friday.

Evening Standard

Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing off, writes Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Farage has done my spring cleaning, says Badenoch after Jenrick defection

The Conservative leader said Reform are ‘taking people who are repeatedly sacked from government’.

Evening Standard

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‘Enough already’: Jenrick’s defection gets mixed reception from Reform members

Some supporters are concerned about the number of Conservatives being welcomed by their party, and fear it could alienate voters

The Guardian - UK

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

Nick Timothy also said the Conservative Party is ‘more united under Kemi’s leadership than I’ve known it for many years’.

Evening Standard

No action against Reform councillor over threat to punch colleague ‘in the jaw’

Kent County Councillor Peter Osborne was facing a complaint signed by leaders of the opposition groups over a message he sent in autumn last year.

Evening Standard

Jenrick says he hopes his defection to Reform UK will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch says he ‘tells a lot of lies’ – as it happened

Reform UK’s newest MP said he made the decision to leave the Tories over Christmas

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'Traitors' politics: Minister's warning as Farage teases Labour defection to Reform after Jenrick joins from Tories

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch bids to steady Tories after Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform

The Newark MP said most of his former Tory colleagues ‘don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs’.

Evening Standard

Badenoch and Starmer are the winners from Robert Jenrick’s dismal Tory betrayal

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The extraordinary events of the shadow justice secretary’s firing and rehiring are a boost to the Tory and Labour leaders – but will only divide the right

The Independent UK

Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Robert Jenrick has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick’s political reinvention leads him to Reform

Mr Jenrick’s supporters say his spell at the Home Office ‘radicalised’ him in favour of a heavy reduction in immigration.

Evening Standard

‘Not so clever after all’: how Robert Jenrick was ejected before he defected

Kemi Badenoch praised for sacking Jenrick before he could announce he was ditching Tories for Reform

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Robert Jenrick’s defection: Britain’s right is in a crisis of its own making

Editorial: A former Tory cabinet minister leaps to Reform and turns the issue of Kemi Badenoch’s authority into a test of Tory survival

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Tory defectors: who has already joined Reform UK and who may follow?

Robert Jenrick is the latest former Conservative to join Nigel Farage’s ranks – but he may not be the last

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation

Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career

The Guardian - UK

An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show

Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Evening Standard

Awkward moment Nigel Farage left waiting on stage after unveiling Robert Jenrick defection to Reform

Farage was unveiling Jenrick as Reform UK’s newest recruit and invited him to join him on stage when Jenrick initially failed to appear

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‘The mask has slipped’: What have Jenrick and Farage said about each other in the past?

As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates

Evening Standard

Jon Burrows moves a step closer to become next Ulster Unionist leader

The UUP confirmed the former senior police officer is the only contender to replace Mike Nesbitt later this month.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform

It comes after the Newark MP was sacked from the Tory frontbench by Kemi Badenoch.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Number of pubs fell by 6,800 under Conservative governments

Official figures show the number of public houses and bars registered with HM Revenue and Customs declined between 2010 and 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth

Newly appointed Malcolm Offord, who became a Tory life peer in 2021, plans to stand for Holyrood in May

Evening Standard

Holyrood poll is about who governs Scotland, not my performance – Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister refused to say if his job could be on the line if Labour performs poorly in May.

Evening Standard

Previous vetting of Reform candidates has been poor, admits Nigel Farage

He promised improvements in how candidates are chosen for May’s elections.

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