Overview
- Kemi Badenoch removed Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, withdrew the whip, and suspended his Conservative membership with immediate effect.
- The party has not released the evidence cited, while Conservative sources say a draft resignation speech and a media plan were found after being left where staff could see them.
- Nigel Farage acknowledged having conversations with Jenrick but said no agreement was imminent and that he was not planning to unveil him at a scheduled Reform UK event.
- The announcement landed just before a Reform UK press conference in Scotland, shifting attention to whether further defections from the Conservatives are in play.
- Jenrick, a former leadership contender who has recently taken harder-line positions on immigration, has not publicly commented on his sacking.