The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Eleven Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform

Senior Tories are concerned that Robert Jenrick’s departure could trigger others to follow

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Producer concerned for safety of ‘human swan’ expedition cameraman, inquiry told

Dan Burton, 54, died in a mid-air paramotor collision with climate activist Sacha Dench in the Highlands in 2021.

Evening Standard · Jan 16

Robert Jenrick: My defection to Reform ‘united the right’

In an interview with the BBC, Mr Jenrick denied that personal ambition had played a role in his defection.

Evening Standard · Jan 16

Union boss ‘held up communist flag alongside people singing pro-Russia chants in occupied Ukraine’

RMT spokesperson insists that Eddie Dempsey has ‘at no time supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’

The Independent UK · Jan 16

‘Jenrick will always be known as a Tory traitor, I know because it happened to me,’ says Michael Gove

Reform plots turning it into the ‘Slytherin house’ of politics, says ex-Tory minister

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Robert Jenrick sacked by Tories and embraced by Reform – what his Newark constituency tells us about the future

Within just a few hours of being publicly sacked from the shadow cabinet by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick held a press conference to announce he was joining Reform. Badenoch cited “clear, irrefutable evidence” the Jenrick had been plotting to defect to Reform in a maximally damaging way.

The Conversation · Jan 16

‘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 · Jan 16

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 · Jan 16

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16

Farage ‘couldn’t run a five-a-side team’, Jenrick says in leaked audio

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

The Independent UK · Jan 16