Robert Jenrick rules out Tory pact with Reform UK

Shadow minister dismisses alliance with Nigel Farage's party and asks critics of Kemi Badenoch to give her a break'

Robert Jenrick has ruled out a pact with Reform UK and has said he wants to send its leader, Nigel Farage, back to retirement" despite leaked comments suggesting he wanted to join forces with the rightwing party.

The shadow justice secretary backed the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, urging critics to give her a break" and appeared to row back on remarks he reportedly made last month about Reform.