Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Former Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi today defected to Reform, becoming the most high-profile former Tory to join Nigel Farage's Party.The former MP, who held a raft of cabinet jobs under four different prime ministers, was unveiled by Mr Farage at a press conference in London today. The 58-year-old Iraq-born politician and businessman was Boris Johnson's vaccines minister during the Covid pandemic, but was later forced to quit government over his tax affairs.