Tory MP Nadine Dorries resigns Commons seat 'with immediate effect' two months after promising to quit as MP

Tory MP Nadine Dorries has resigned her Commons seat two months after promising to step down.

It follows mounting pressure on the Conservative MP for Mid-Bedfordshire and PM Rishi Sunak after Dorries pledged to step down 11 weeks ago.

The Tory MP accused Sunak of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her.

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