Jenrick was unveiled at a press conference by Reform leader Nigel Farage, who thanked Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for expelling her former Tory leadership rival.

Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party is benefiting from a raft of high-profile defections from the centre-right Conservative party, with Robert Jenrick the biggest name yet to announce he is swit...

In a social media post, she said: "I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect."