The former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK.
He made a speech saying he backs Nigel Farage to become Prime Minister – and that he believes the party will "deliver for the nation".
But the minister who was in charge of the COVID vaccine rollout is now a member of a party who has hosted vaccine sceptics.
And in 2015, he also called Mr Farage a "racist".
A Tory source has told Sky News Mr Zahawi stood down after asking the Conservative Party several times for a peerage – a claim he denies.
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