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Britain's Conservative Party faces fresh turmoil as leader Kemi Badenoch sacks justice spokesperson Robert Jenrick
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UK’s Conservative Party leader torpedoes defection of chief rival by firing him first
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for apparently plotting to defect to a rival right-wing party.
By William James LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Former British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi defected to Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party from the Conservative Party on Monday, saying the country was broken and needed Farage as prime minister to fix it.
Former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, joining an ever-growing list of MPs to change parties. She told a Reform UK veterans event in London that she had resigned her Conservative Party membership of 30 years, following Robert Jenrick.