Maria Caulfield, former Tory health minister, defects to Reform — UK politics live

<p>Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second prominent Tory in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s party</p><p><em>Vikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.</em></p><p>Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.</p><p>If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/16/starmer-cabinet-resignation-paul-ovenden-news-updates-uk-politics-live">Continue reading...</a>