Former home secretary Suella Braverman has become the latest ex-Tory rightwinger to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform.
After months of speculation Ms Braverman, who once ran for the leadership of the Conservative Party, has joined her ally Robert Jenrick in switching parties.
She was unveiled at a Reform rally for veterans in London as the eighth MP for the party having been a rare visitor to parliament in the last few months.
She said: “Today I am announcing that I am resigning the a Conservative whip and my party membership of 30 years. And because I believe with my heart and soul that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform UK.”
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