Welsh Tory Laura Anne Jones defects to Reform

Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Conservatives to Reform, Nigel Farage has announced.

Jones becomes the party's first Member of the Senedd. Her defection was announced at the Royal Welsh Show.

She said she could not longer justify Conservative policies on the doorstep.

Her defection means the Conservatives are down to 14 politicians in the Welsh Parliament.