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Robert Jenrick can be heard criticising his new boss and dismissing Reform UK as ‘not a serious party’ in leaked audio

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

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

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

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

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

Wales prides itself in being a pioneer in environmental policy. It was the first country in the world to adopt a statutory duty for public bodies to make development sustainable, in 2015. Yet, environmental issues have rarely featured prominently in elections to the Senedd (the Welsh parliament).

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

Nigel Farage thanks Tory leader for delivering Jenrick to Reform ‘on a plate’ after firing him – and boasts of a Labour defector to come