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

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?

A senior Conservative Somerset Councillor has defected to Reform UK after 16 years representing his home town.

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