Brecon and Radnorshire MS James Evans has been given responsibility for the Armed Forces in a reshuffle of the Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet.

Mr Evans will now serve as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and the Armed Forces.

The changes were announced by Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar following the defection of South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones to Reform UK.

Ms Jones became Reform UK’s first Member of the Senedd after declaring her move at the Royal Welsh Show alongside party leader Nigel Farage MP.

She told reporters the Conservatives had not been informed in advance of her decision.

Speaking at the show, Ms Jones said: "I've just suddenly felt that the Conservative Party was unrecognisable to me.”

She said she believed Reform UK “listens to the people of Great Britain” and reflects her values in what it stands for and aims to achieve.

"Wales is a complete mess,” she said.

“As you know, we've got the worst educational outcomes. We've got health statistics that are the worst in the UK.

"Farmers are getting battered, pensioners are getting battered... we can't have this go on."

She said Nigel Farage was a “great man” at the helm of the party.

Speaking to ITV Wales at the Royal Welsh Show, Mr Evans said of his former colleague: “I think she’s made the wrong choice, but there we are.

“This is Laura’s decision and I’m afraid Reform will have to put up with everything they’ve got now, won’t they?”

When asked what he meant by that, he replied: “You’ll have to wait and see, won’t you?”

Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson and Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick said the Conservatives were "clearly dead as a political force in Wales" but that Reform had "no answers" for the country.