Nadine Dorries to stand down as MP

Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has announced she is standing down as an MP.

The former culture secretary and close ally of Boris Johnson said she was standing down "with immediate effect" and it was "time for someone younger to take the reins".

It means there will be a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency, where she has a majority of 24,664.

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