Former leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has told Sky News he was "surprised" when he learned of Robert Jenrick's sacking. Earlier, Kemi Badenoch confirmed Mr Jenrick was sacked from the shadow cabinet, had the whip removed and had his party membership suspended. She said: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party." Get the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-labour-trump-lammy-vance-tankers-greenland-threats-nato-12593360 #skynews #politics SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda Watch more Richard and Yalda videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWorldwithRichardandYalda Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales