Reform MP Robert Jenrick attacked Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on 26 August 2026, accusing her of lying about details of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The dispute centred on contradictory accounts of the encounter.
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Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni Robert Jenrick has accused Kemi Badenoch of telling “a pack of lies” about her meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as he launched a deeply personal attack on his former boss. The Reform UK MP sought to heap pressure on the Conservative leader amid confusion about whethe