Reform UK Unveils 'Shadow Cabinet' with Jenrick as Chancellor
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Nigel Farage has announced key roles for his Reform UK party, naming former Conservative minister Robert Jenrick as its "shadow chancellor."
In a speech, Farage also revealed that party chairman Richard Tice would be deputy prime minister in a hypothetical Reform government. Tice would lead a new Department of Business, Trade and Energy.
Suella Braverman, another former Conservative cabinet minister, was given the shadow portfolios for education and equalities. Zia Yusuf will take on the home affairs brief.
Farage claimed that 4.6 million voters would gain the right to vote in upcoming local elections because of his party's influence. He did not immediately provide evidence for this figure.
The announcements position Reform UK as a potential government-in-waiting ahead of future elections.