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Jenrick ‘tells a lot of lies’ says Badenoch after shadow justice secretary’s defection


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Robert Jenrick “tells a lot of lies” and cannot be trusted, Kemi Badenoch has said, as she spoke out publicly about her former frontbench colleague for the first time since his dramatic defection to Reform.

The Conservative leader attacked Jenrick in scathing terms on Friday, 24 hours after sacking him from the shadow cabinet after learning of his plans to defect.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/16/robert-jenrick-tells-lies-says-kemi-badenoch-conservative-nigel-farage-reform-uk

Author : Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Publish date : 2026-01-16 12:49:00

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