ReutersPublished: 1:32am, 13 Jan 2026Former British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi defected to ‌Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK Party from the Conservative Party on ‍Monday, saying the country was broken and needed Farage as prime minister to fix it. Zahawi, who had a short spell in charge of t»»»

The former finance minister who once said he would be “frightened” to live in a Farage-run Britain is now a paid-up member of Reform UK. AI generated Text-to-speech LONDON — Britain’s former finance minister Nadhim Zahawi joined Reform UK Monday, becoming the highest-profile Conservative to defect »»»

The former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK, claiming Britain is on the brink of “civil unrest” and only a government led by Nigel Farage could prevent it. Zahawi, who stood down as the MP for Stratford-on-Avon at the last election, is the most senior former Conservat»»»

LONDON, Jan 12 - Former British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi defected to Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party from the Conservative Party on Monday, saying the country was broken and needed Farage as prime minister to fix it. Zahawi, who had a short spell in charge of the nation's finances u»»»