Ahead of the June 3 local elections, a spokesperson from the People Power Party made remarks toward the Reform Party, saying, “They are engaging in nomination profiteering,” but immediately apologized after the Reform Party protested.

Kemi Badenoch announced on Thursday that Robert Jenrick had been sacked for plotting to defect to Reform UK. His resignation speech was found “lying around” and he had previously met Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, for dinner, with the Tory leader saying she had been presented with “clear, irrefutable evidence” that he was conspiring to jump ship.

Farage is expected to travel to Edinburgh on Thursday to announce the party's first leader north of the border.

Earlier, on the 13th, after Leaders Jang and Lee met, the two parties began full-scale cooperation on the so-called ‘special counsel collaboration.’ The parties are demanding a ‘dual special counsel’ to investigate allegations of nomination funds from the Democratic Party of Korea and lobbying suspicions involving the Unification Church in

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

The populist Reform party is suing the UK government, challenging proposals that may delay local elections, according to a court order.

Senior Conservative Robert Jenrick has been sacked from the shadow cabinet - and has lost the Tory Whip. Kemi Badenoch says: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.