US Vice-President JD Vance was due to have breakfast with Reform leader Nigel Farage in the Cotswolds today (Wednesday, August 13), it has been reported. The Times said Vance also met with shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick on Tuesday, but was unable to meet Tory leader Kemi Badenoch as their schedules didn't align.

An anti-JD Vance van displaying an altered image of the US vice president has driven around a village in the Cotswolds, where the 41-year-old and his family are reportedly holidaying. Footage shared by political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon on Tuesday (12 August) shows the vehicle,

JD Vance is to host Robert Jenrick at his holiday retreat in the Cotswolds, in a move that will do little to dampen speculation about the senior Tory’s leadership ambitions. But the US vice president will not meet the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, according to reports.