“robert jenrick” — 31 distilled results

‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch

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 whether Meloni had used a meeting in Rome with Badenoch to urge her to “be her own woman” and resist doing

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Reform’s new economic adviser has called for end of pensioners’ triple lock

Exclusive: Mitchell Palmer has also argued for privatising the NHS and immigration as way of cutting poverty Reform UK’s new economic adviser has previously called the pensions triple lock unsustainable, advocated privatising the NHS and welcomed migration as a poverty alleviation tool, the Guardian can reveal. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s economic spokesperson, has appointed Mitchell Palmer, a rightwing economist at the free-market Adam Smith Institute, as one of his key aides.

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Farage says overseas donation row ‘looks bad’ but denies Reform breached electoral law

Robert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation Nigel Farage has acknowledged the overseas donation row engulfing Reform UK “looks bad” for his party but denied it had ever taken foreign money in breach of electoral law. The Reform leader, who is battling to contain the fallout from the allegations, was asked to categorically rule out that foreign money had ever been funnelled to his party.

rss:guardian-world 23d ago · rss:guardian-uk 23d ago

UK PM Burnham Convenes Cross-Party Social Care Summit

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is hosting talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey to discuss urgent social care reforms. The summit addresses a decades-old funding crisis in England's adult social care system with potential plans including mandatory worker contributions.

rss:guardian-uk 61d ago

Trump backs Irish reunification during Ireland visit

During a two-day visit to Ireland in September 2026, President Donald Trump said he would "love to see" Irish reunification and claimed it "will happen eventually." His remarks sparked backlash from unionist and British politicians but praise from some Irish supporters, with Trump reiterating his position on September 13.

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