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Shadow Welfare Minister Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK
Danny Kruger joins Reform UK as first sitting Conservative MP to defect, leading a new unit to prepare the party for government amid Conservative Party decline, Reform UK polls at 27%.
- Danny Kruger, the MP for East Wiltshire, left the Conservative Party to join Reform UK during an event held on Monday, September 15, in Mayfair.
- Over the summer, Kruger engaged in talks about joining Reform and was persuaded by Nigel Farage’s commitment to welfare reform, announced at the party’s annual conference.
- Kruger announced he would lead Reform's new unit preparing for government, tasked with recruiting political and non-political talent to create a serious legislative programme.
- Kruger described leaving the Conservatives as "personally painful" and condemned his former party as "over", citing a year of "stasis and drift" reflected in poor polls.
- The defection caused disappointment among Conservatives and criticism from Labour and Liberal Democrats, while Reform aims to present itself as a government-in-waiting with fully costed plans.
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Total News Sources45
Leaning Left12Leaning Right13Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 35%
C 26%
R 38%
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