Kemi Badenoch Sacks Robert Jenrick Over Secret Plot To Defect To Reform UK

Britain's Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch right, shakes hands with losing candidate Robert Jenrick, left, after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, in London, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet after it emerged he was plotting to defect to Reform UK.

The Tory leader said she was “presented with clear, irrefutable evidence” that the shadow justice secretary was planning to jump ship to Nigel Farage’s party.