Former Tory minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK The fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch comes just a day after shadow minister Danny Kruger became the first sitting Conservative MP to join Reform. Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025
Maria Caulfield defects to Reform as Nigel Farage claims another former Tory minister Pressure on Kemi Badenoch as ex-Conservative MP becomes the latest to join Farage’s party The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025
‘Prime minister Andy Burnham’ is not the answer to Labour’s woes THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
Danny Kruger takes Reform back to full strength – so who’ll be next to quit? Nigel’s gang has its own ‘one in, one out’ policy, having lost two MPs since the election – now it’s all eyes on the next one to exit The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025
Farage accused of ‘vile homophobia’ after comment about relationships IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
Nigel Farage criticised after claiming ‘most stable relationships’ are between men and women The Reform UK leader was accused of ‘vile homophobia’ after claiming that heterosexual relationships ‘last the longest’ The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
Danny Kruger’s defection to Reform UK sparks mixed reaction in his constituency The East Wiltshire MP has quit Kemi Badenoch’s party and was unveiled as Nigel Farage’s latest recruit at a press conference. The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
MP Danny Kruger says Tory party ‘is over’ as he defects to Reform East Wiltshire MP says he hopes others follow his path and accuses former party of clinging to ‘defunct institutions’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025
Danny Kruger: From 'compassionate conservatism' to Reform UK DANNY Kruger has defected from the Tories to Reform UK, becoming one of a growing number of Conservatives joining Nigel Farage’s party. The National (Scotland) · Sep 15, 2025
MP declares ‘Conservatives are over’ and defects to Reform UK IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
What’s at stake in Trump’s state visit and why Starmer will have to treat the US president like a child COMMENT: Honouring Donald Trump with a second state visit is a diplomatic strategic necessity for King and country, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
'The Conservative Party is over': Tory MP defects to Reform in huge blow to Kemi Badenoch Danny Kruger, a Tory shadow minister and the MP for East Wiltshire, said he was joining Reform to help “prepare” Reform for government Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025
Sitting MP Danny Kruger quits Tories for Reform UK The East Wiltshire MP said the move was ‘personally painful’. Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025
Frontbench Tory MP defects to Reform UK in blow to Kemi Badenoch THE Conservatives have suffered an embarrassing frontbench defection to Reform UK ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 15, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025 Nigel Farage wins first sitting Tory MP defector as Danny Kruger joins Reform Prue Leith’s son Danny Kruger, who was shadow work and pensions minister, says the Conservatives ‘are over’
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 Who are the right-wing politicians and influencers joining JD Vance on his Cotswolds holiday? JD Vance’s trip to the UK has seen him dine with a number of right wing figures, from Reform leader Nigel Farage to Cambridge academic James Orr
Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025 Assisted dying law would be implemented in ‘safe and practicable’ way, says PM A committee of MPs has finished scrutinising the Bill, which will return to the Commons next month.
Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025 Terminally ill criticise longer four-year timeframe for assisted dying service The new implementation period is double what was originally proposed when the Bill was published last year.
Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025 Assisted dying Bill safer, says MP but ‘chaotic’ scrutiny process criticised Changes to the Bill include a provision for assisted dying to be provided on the NHS and expert panels replacing High Court judge approval.
Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025 NHS will become national health and assisted suicide service, says MP Danny Kruger said the NHS would, if the Bill being considered passes into law, become the ‘national health and assisted suicide service’.
The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025 High court judge approval for assisted dying cases scrapped by MPs Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the terminal ill adults bill, has proposed that a panel of experts decide on assisted deaths instead of courts
Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025 MPs’ committee votes to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying Bill Proposals have been made to instead establish expert panels of senior legal figures, psychiatrists and social workers to decide on applications.
The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025 Change would see ‘gold-plated’ stage of assisted dying Bill dropped, says MP Conservative Danny Kruger said the judicial element of the proposed legislation has been stripped away.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025 UK populists mix faith and politics with parroting of ‘Judeo-Christian values’ Rightwingers in Britain are beguiled by the potential of religious rhetoric after its use by Trump and Vance in the US
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025 Bereaved families urge MPs to ‘remember’ them on assisted dying Bill In a letter to MPs, they asked parliamentarians to ‘have us in the forefront of your mind in the coming weeks and months’.