Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’

Dartford representative James Buchan says devastating' immigration plans had created a lot of fear and anxiety

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives, saying he became uncomfortable in Nigel Farage's party.

James Buchan, who sits in the south-east London borough of Dartford, said he had struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear.