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Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni
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Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni
Robert Jenrick has accused Kemi Badenoch of telling “a pack of lies” about her meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as he launched a deeply personal attack on his former boss.
The Reform UK MP sought to heap pressure on the Conservative leader amid confusion about whether Meloni urged Badenoch at a meeting in Rome to “be her own woman” and resist doing a deal with his party.
Robert Jenrick has accused Kemi Badenoch of telling “a pack of lies” about her meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as he launched a deeply personal attack on his former boss.
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Source: The Guardian · Ben Quinn and Amelia Casey-Rerhaye. Published 26 Aug 2026, 03:00 pm.
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