Laurence Fox will run in Boris Johnson's former seat
It comes amid a growing row in the Conservative party sparked by Mr Johnson's resignation honours list.
The Prime Minister said he had been asked by Mr Johnson “to do something that I wasn’t prepared to do, adding that he refused because he "didn’t think it was right." Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, ex-minister Nigel Adams and Cop26 president Sir Alok Sharma were reportedly put forward by Mr Johnson for peerages.Ms Dorries and Mr Adams have resigned as MPs since being omitted, giving Mr Sunak the headache of three separate by-elections.
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