Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour successful the latest stroke to Rishi Sunak's government.
The ex-health minister, who works portion clip arsenic a doctor, said helium recovered it 'increasingly hard to look his NHS colleagues successful the eye' portion being a Tory.
He claimed the Conservatives were not prioritising public services, saying they nary longer had a 'compassionate presumption astir supporting the much disadvantaged successful society'.
Dr Poulter added that he had 'no animus' towards Rishi Sunak but urged the Prime Minister to telephone a wide predetermination 'as soon arsenic possible'.
The determination comes arsenic different stroke to Mr Sunak, who lone yesterday brushed disconnected rumours that helium would telephone a wide predetermination adjacent week successful a bid to thwart a imaginable enactment situation from restive MPs.
Conservative MP Dan Poulter who announced helium has defected to Labour successful the latest stroke to Rishi Sunak 's government
The ex-health minister, who works portion clip arsenic a doctor, said helium recovered it 'increasingly hard to look his NHS colleagues successful the eye' portion being a Tory
The determination comes arsenic different stroke to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (pictured)
Dr Poulter told The BBC: 'I recovered it progressively hard to look my NHS colleagues successful the eye, my patients successful the eye, and my constituents successful the oculus with bully conscience.'
'The trouble for the Conservative Party is that the enactment I was elected into valued nationalist services... it had a compassionate presumption astir supporting the much disadvantaged successful society.
'I deliberation the Conservative Party contiguous is successful a precise antithetic place.'
Downing Street has been informed of the move, though it has not yet responded, according to The BBC.
Meanwhile Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the news. He wrote connected societal media: 'It's fantastic to invited Dr Dan Poulter MP to today's changed Labour Party.
'It's clip to extremity the Conservative chaos, crook the leafage and get Britain's aboriginal back. I'm truly pleased that Dan has decided to articulation america connected this journey.'
Dr Poulter confirmed helium volition beryllium arsenic a Labour MP until the wide election, erstwhile helium volition past basal down from his role.
Dr Dan Poulter (right) with chap Tory MPs Nadhim Zahawi (left) and Guy Opperman in the Lobby of the Palace of Westminster successful 2011
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer who contiguous welcomed the quality oregon Dr Poulter's defection
Announcing his defection to Labour successful the Observer paper Dr Poulter said Rishi Sunak should telephone a wide predetermination 'as soon arsenic possible'.
He wrote: 'I judge it is present incumbent connected maine arsenic a aesculapian practitioner passionately committed to our NHS to propulsion my value down the Labour Party successful its determination to guarantee we again person a wellness work of which we tin beryllium proud, and which champion meets the needs of each patient.
'It is abundantly wide to maine that the Labour Party unsocial has the volition and the spot to reconstruct and betterment the NHS. That's wherefore we request a Labour government, and wherefore I judge Keir Starmer indispensable pb that authorities arsenic our adjacent premier minister.'
Dr Poulter defended his determination to defect, contempt being voted successful by his constituents arsenic a Conservative enactment member.
He dismissed the imaginable of continuing arsenic a Tory MP until the wide predetermination and past lasting down oregon calling a by-election, insisting it was 'better to enactment for my constituents [as a Labour MP] done to the extremity of this Parliament'.
Dr Poulter served arsenic wellness curate nether David Cameron's conjugation authorities for a fig of years aft archetypal being elected successful 2010
Dr Poulter served arsenic wellness curate nether David Cameron's conjugation authorities for a fig of years aft archetypal being elected successful 2010.
He won a 23,391 bulk successful his constituency of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich successful the 2019 General Election.
He becomes lone the 3rd Conservative MP to defect from the enactment since 2019, pursuing successful the footsteps of Christian Wakeford who besides defected to Labour successful 2022.
Former Tory enactment president Lee Anderson besides joined Reform past month.
Meanwhile immoderate 64 Conservative MPs person announced they are either lasting down from the Commons oregon not seeking re-election successful their existent constituencies astatine the adjacent election.
Ex-cabinet ministers readying to measurement speech astatine the adjacent predetermination includes erstwhile chancellors Sajid Javid and Kwasi Kwarteng , ex-defence caput Ben Wallace , erstwhile transport caput Chris Grayling, and ex-business caput Sir Alok Sharma.
Former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May besides announced successful March that she would not basal again.
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