Tory Manchester mayoral candidate defects to Reform UK
by Morgan Ofori, Ben Quinn and Peter Walker from World news | The Guardian on (#6KH49)
Dan Barker, selected to stand just three months ago, says he's delighted to join the new home of conservatism
The Conservative candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral election has defected to Richard Tice's rightwing Reform UK party.
Dan Barker was selected only three months ago as the Tory candidate to challenge the incumbent mayor Labour's Andy Burnham in May's elections.
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