Britain's former Conservative Party leadership candidate Robert Jenrick became the biggest-name defector to Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK on Thursday, saying the nation was broken and its two mainstream political parties rotten.

Britain's main opposition Conservative Party was on Thursday caught up in a top-level row over allegations another senior Tory was planning to join Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform UK party.

A steady procession of former - and current - Conservative MPs have defected to Reform UK since March 2024. Sky News looks at who has made the move to the party that has topped voting intention polls for nearly a year:

Announcement of Robert Jenrick's move announced hours after his sacking by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for 'plotting' to defect to Reform in a 'damaging' way

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A recent INsauga poll indicates that most respondents believe federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost control of his party amid recent caucus changes and internal developments. The poll asked: Has Pierre Poilievre lost control of the federal Conservative Party?

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