Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another potentially damaging by-election after Nadine Dorries finally handed in her resignation 11 weeks after vowing to go.The Conservative former culture secretary is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday.She had come under mounting pressure - including from fellow Tory MPs - to act on her June 9 pledge to step down with "immediate effect" in protest at not getting a peerage in B

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another potentially damaging by-election after Nadine Dorries finally handed in her resignation 11 weeks after vowing to go.The Conservative former culture secretary is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday.She had come under mounting pressure - including from fellow Tory MPs - to act on her June 9 pledge to step down with "immediate effect" in protest at not getting a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.