A former Conservative MP has defected to Reform UK. During the Reform UK East Midlands Conference in Leicester, party leader Nigel Farage introduced Marco Longhi to the stage as "a loyal member of the Conservative Party for the last goodness knows how many years".

Ex-MP attacks Tories saying the party of Churchill and Thatcher ‘has transformed into something unrecognisable’ in another blow to new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch weeks after former minister Dam

The latest defection to Reform Marco Longhi has suggested that if Elon Musk's potential donation to the populist party becomes a contentious issue, broader questions must be raised about political funding in Britain.

The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan "feels far too long".

Britain's latest plan to overhaul increasingly costly care for older and disabled adults will not be delivered until 2028 at the earliest, the government said on Friday, as it announced a three-year independent review to come up with proposals.