'More chance of scoring a century in the Ashes' - Shadow Defra Secretary dismisses Reform defection odds

Latest odds suggest Louth and Horncastle MP Victoria Atkins could be the next Shadow Secretary of State to desert the Tories for Reform

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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins is the 2-1 favourite to become the latest shadow cabinet minister to defect to Nigel Farage's party. Who else features on the list?
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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins is the 2-1 favourite to become the latest shadow cabinet minister to defect to Nigel Farage's party. Who else features on the list?

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins has quashed any suggestion that she could be the next Conservative cabinet minister to desert the party for Reform. Following the defection of former Shadow Work...

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