'Rob hasn't spoken to me': Watch awkward reunion of former Tory ministers

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Robert Jenrick and Victoria Atkins, both former Tory ministers, were reunited in an awkward moment during the BBC's election coverage.

"Rob has not spoken to me since he left the Conservative Party - in the way that he did. And I considered us to be very good friends," she said.

Jenrick served as immigration minister under the previous Tory government and was in the shadow cabinet before defecting to Reform in January.

Atkins was health secretary in the same government, and is now a member of the shadow cabinet.