Rishi Sunak is facing a by-election after Nadine Dorries announced she is standing down as an MP "with immediate effect".The move comes after months-long speculation that the former culture secretary was to be handed a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list, although recent reporting suggested the Government cut her from the list at the 11th hour to swerve an early election battle in her seat.The former prime minister's long-awaited list, which is said to include around 50 names, is

Rishi Sunak is facing a by-election after Nadine Dorries announced she is standing down as an MP "with immediate effect".The move comes after months-long speculation that the former culture secretary was to be handed a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list, although recent reporting suggested the Government cut her from the list at the 11th hour to swerve an early election battle in her seat.The former prime minister's long-awaited list, which is said to include around 50 names, is expected to be released imminently.