The Reform UK party conference is beginning in Birmingham, with leader Nigel Farage set to address attendees on Friday afternoon. The party has been buoyed by another high-profile Conservative defection - this time it is former Tory minister Nadine Dorries. Ms Dorries served as culture secretary and as a health minister under Boris Johnson. However, writing in the Daily Mail, she described her former party as "dead". Analysis: https://news.sky.com/story/nadine-dorries-defection-an-act-of-