Nadine Dorries has finally bowed to pressure from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and her own party and quit as an MP. The former culture secretary has announced – through an interview with the Mail on Sunday – that she will today inform the Chancellor of her intention to take the Chiltern Hundreds, the formal process for quitting, therefore enabling the writ to be moved on September 4th when parliament returns. This means Rishi Sunak faces a potentially bruising by-election test in the autumn as he attempts to shake-up his premiership ahead of an election year.
Rishi Sunak faces a bruising by-election test in the autumn as he attempts to shake-up his premiership ahead of an election year
When Dorries first announced that she planned to quit – over a row about her missing peerage – she gave various reasons for holding off on formally resigning. One was a subject access request – which she says she has now completed but is unable to share the results of.
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