Kemi Badenoch expected to appear at party’s London conference, where wealthy donors have been invited to evening drinks

The Conservatives are fighting back in an attempt to stem the loss of high-value donors amid a shift in funders towards Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.

The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to appear at the Conservatives’ London conference in Westminster on Saturday, where wealthy party donors say they have been invited to evening drinks.