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The Papers: 'Spy Jenrick' and 'Badenoch says Britain not broken'

January 17, 2026

'Spy Jenrick' and 'Badenoch says Britain not broken' BBCThe i Paper's headline dubs sacked former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick "spy Jenrick" with a story suggesting he will take"Tory secrets to Farage". But his defection to Reform UK and the i's prediction of a "plum job" will kick-start a "new power struggle" in Reform, it writes. In an editorial for the Telegraph, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch writes "Britain is not broken". The "rebuke" following Jenrick's defection sets out "the dividing lines between the Conservatives and Reform" arguing the country's "best days are ahead".

A mposite image of the front pages of The i Paper and the Daily Telegraph. "Spy Jenrick takes Tory secrets to Farage - but new power struggle starts in Reform" reads the headline of the former and "Badenoch: Britain is not broken" reads the headline of the latter

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Polling by the paper after the 10 cancelled council elections suggests "Labour would face wipeout" if they went ahead. Given Badenoch's words in the Telegraph, it seems a bit of a handbrake turn to see her and Jenrick pictured either side of the Daily Express's headline "We will fix broken Britain...
but not together".
The paper promises an exclusive on its inside pages on what the pair "have to say about their political split".
Defence Secretary John Healey's words "Farage can't be trusted with Britain" lead the Daily Mirror.
His comments come after Farage said he wouldn't vote for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. But the Times says Labour has its own internal problems, with its lead suggesting, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is "under pressure to get rid of Streeting", according to the Times.

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The Papers: 'Spy Jenrick' and 'Badenoch says Britain not broken'

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The Papers: 'Spy Jenrick' and 'Badenoch says Britain not broken'

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