Britain's right-wing Reform UK named ex-Conservative Robert Jenrick as finance policy chief on Tuesday, part of leader Nigel Farage's efforts to prepare his populist party for government in the event that it wins the next national election.

Matt Goodwin mocked Robert Jenrick for using weight loss drugs and wasn’t happy with the number of Tories joining Reform

The Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, named Robert Jenrick as finance policy chief. Jenrick, a former Conservative, will lead the economic agenda if the Reform wins the next election. Farage plans to expand his leadership team with figures from outside politics to strengthen the party's position.

Former Tory minister one of a raft of likely appointments to counter accusations Reform is a ‘one-man band’