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The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

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.

Evening Standard

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 Independent 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

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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

More likely we win next general election with Jenrick at Reform – Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf said Robert Jenrick is ‘thoughtful’ and ‘clear eyed about all of the different ways the Tories betrayed this country’.

Evening Standard

Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’

Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’

The Guardian - UK

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Good for Kemi Badenoch: no, Britain is not broken

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Conservative leader has set out a dividing line between her and her miserabilist opponents on the right

The Independent UK

Jenrick’s defection strategy calls him ‘new sheriff in town’ – reports

Kemi Badenoch dismissed Mr Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the Conservative Party on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Shadow London minister Gareth Bacon says ‘zero chance' he will defect to Reform

This comes after Robert Jenrick’s bombshell defection left Westminster reeling and wondering who will jump ship next

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Nigel Farage and his head of policy Zia Yusuf have indicated May 7 would be a cut-off point for admitting Conservative defectors to their party.

Evening Standard

Badenoch claims ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke to Jenrick after Reform defection

Jenrick was sacked by the Conservative leader this week hours before he defected to Nigel Farage’s party

The Independent UK

‘I have lost a friend’: Tories in Jenrick’s constituency shocked by defection to Reform

While voters in Jenrick’s Newark constituency were mixed on the decision, members of the local Conservatives felt betrayed

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting allies hit out at ‘stupid’ briefings after ministers ‘urge Starmer to sack him for disloyalty’

Senior government figures are reportedly pressing for Mr Streeting's removal, citing his ‘outspoken opinions’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Badenoch insists ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke of defector Jenrick

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is attempting to offer a more positive message from the political right than her one-time shadow justice secretary.

Evening Standard

Streeting allies call for unity amid reports Cabinet colleagues want him sacked

Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing calls within the Cabinet to remove Mr Streeting from his post, according to The Times.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch refuses pact with Reform 'liars' as Jenrick claims defection 'uniting the right'

The Tory leader compared Jenrick’s defection to a priest switching religion, saying ‘It’s just not serious...it means you never cared’

The Guardian - UK

Tories to step up attacks on Reform economic policy after Jenrick acrimony

Two sides trade blows over defection while Conservative polling suggests economy is key weakness for Reform

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The Guardian - UK

Jenrick’s incredible journey – from self-centred halfwit to self-centred halfwit

Reform’s latest defector from the Tories is a politician whose eye has only ever been on his own ambition

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch emerges stronger from Jenrick’s messy split from Tories

Pre-empting rival’s defection cements her position as leader and gives pause for thought for any others who may follow

The Independent UK

Will Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform convince wavering Tories to jump ship?

IN DEPTH : Nigel Farage’s warning that MPs have until May – the date of the English local elections – has prompted fears of more departures, write Kate Devlin and David Maddox

The Guardian - UK

Still confused about swedes and turnips

Letters: Vegetable names | Swindon Town | Unusual plants | Robert Jenrick

Evening Standard

Tory MP blasts former boss Robert Jenrick as 'man of no principles' - as Reform's new prize claims he's uniting the right

Ben Obese-Jecty blasted the former Tory leadership candidate after he joined Nigel Farage’s party

The Independent UK

Zipcar confirms end of UK operations to 650,000 drivers

The car-sharing company launched a formal consultation with staff last month

The Independent UK

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

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