Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with former Conservative Party member and former British home secretary Suella Braverman at a press conference on Monday. Photograph: EPAFormer UK home secretary Suella Braverman has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. I’m calling time on Tory lies. Her defection brings the ranks of Reform MPs up to eight, including four former Tories who have crossed over since the last general election in 2024. Mr Jenrick, another immigration hardliner, defected to Reform barely two weeks ago.

Source: The Irish Times January 26, 2026 14:51 UTC