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The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

Ex-shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday, describing Britain as ‘broken’.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘The Farage effect is starting to wear off’: Readers say Reform slump is helping Kemi Badenoch

YOUR VIEWS: Our community saw Badenoch’s polling uptick as less a Tory comeback and more a sign that Farage’s appeal may be levelling out, with many arguing the numbers reflect protest fatigue rather than genuine enthusiasm for either leader

The Independent UK

People in Newark: share your views on Robert Jenrick defecting to Reform UK

We’d like to hear from people in Jenrick’s Newark constituency about how they feel about him defecting to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

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Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch trade jibes over defections at PMQs

The Prime Minister teased the Conservative leader over Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK last week.

Evening Standard

HS2 spent £3.8m on ‘Charles Dickens’ country mansion – it’s now empty and requires taxpayer-funded repairs

Stanthorne Hall has sat empty since HS2 bought it in March 2023 – now repairs are to be carried out to preserve the once-grand Georgian home despite no one living there

The Independent UK

Badenoch more popular than Farage for first time in a year after handling of Jenrick’s Reform defection, poll shows

Almost half (45 per cent) of Reform voters say Tory leader handled Jenrick saga well

The Independent UK

Tory dismissed from party over Reform defection talks

He has been stripped of the Conservative whip and removed from the shadow cabinet

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Triumphant Tories might miss Robert Jenrick more than they think – they need the voters he represents

Kemi Badenoch may look like a stronger leader now, but Jenrick is a dangerous rival – he knows where the Conservatives have been going wrong, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick heckled at first constituency speech since Reform defection

Robert Jenrick was heckled by an audience member during his first Reform UK constituency speech since defecting from the Conservatives last week.

The Independent UK

Badenoch warns Tory MPs against ‘psychodrama’ after defections

The Conservative leader said recent departures from the party were ‘not about policy differences or ideology, they are about character.’

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick says MPs wanting to follow him to Reform UK should ‘make their minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick said of his defection: “I have never felt stronger and more certain about anything I have done in my life”

The Independent UK

MPs following Robert Jenrick to Reform should ‘make minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick joined Nigel Farage at a rally in Nottinghamshire where he said he has never felt ‘more certain’ after defecting to Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Badenoch warns Tory MPs about people trying to ‘undermine party from within’

Conservative leader says staffers are briefing against party, in lengthy letter after Robert Jenrick’s switch to Reform

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it

Though Labour's voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Voting Reform is now like voting Conservative’: Readers slam Tory defectors joining Nigel Farage

YOUR VIEWS: Our community criticised Reform UK as little more than a refuge for ex-Tories, arguing that defectors prioritise personal ambition over public service and that the party offers few new policies beyond a continuation of Conservative failings

Evening Standard

Farage says ‘centre right is uniting’ as he welcomes Andrew Rosindell to Reform

Mr Rosindell has been a Conservative MP since 2001.

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times UK

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.

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The Independent UK

I told Kemi Badenoch to kick Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party, claims Tory turncoat Robert Jenrick

Outsted minister takes aim at Truss’s disastrous 2022 Budget and says she should be ‘chucked’ from party

Evening Standard

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

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

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week.

The Independent UK

Right-wing Tory MP who admired South American dictator defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform

It comes days after Robert Jenrick quit the Tories

The Guardian - UK

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

No amount of defections will change the fact that Reform and the Tories are singing the same tunes

The battle for political domination on the British right is a family feud – the result will be a Conservative restoration, not revolution, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

UK will become Trump’s ‘poodle’ if it fails to invest in defence, Badenoch warns

Comments come after US president threatened to slap fresh tariffs on UK and Europe over their opposition to his threats to annex Greenland

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