Robert Jenrick sacked by Kemi Badenoch after ‘plotting to defect’

Kemi Badenoch said she has sacked Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and kicked him out of the party.The Tory leader said this was due to “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible” to his Conservative colleagues.She did not specify which party Mr Jenrick was planning to switch to, but Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he has “of course” had conversations with the senior frontbencher.