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Nadine Dorries finally quits seat after 12 weeks

Ex-culture secretary takes up ceremonial role, as campaigning for October by-election heats up

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries formally quits as MP

The former culture secretary finally handed in her resignation over the weekend, with a by-election now set to be scheduled in Mid Bedfordshire.

The Independent UK

Dorries resignation set to trigger burst of by-election campaigning

Nadine Dorries is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday, after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday.

The Independent UK

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Tories turn on ‘useless’ Nadine Dorries after attack on Sunak

Boris Johnson loyalist branded ‘bitter’ and ‘embarrassment’ – after making extraordinary accusation in exit letter that PM put her safety at risk

The Independent UK

Labour confident it ‘can win’ Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat

But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019.

The Independent UK

Labour and Lib Dems vie to snap up Nadine Dorries’ seat

A by-election is expected in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency within weeks after the Conservative former culture secretary finally resigned.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak urged to sack ‘dosser’ Nadine Dorries as Tory MP

Residents in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency called for the former culture secretary to ‘show up or shove off’.

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Ministers accused of ‘environmental crime’ over South Downs oil drilling

UK Oil and Gas says work is to resume at Avington site in national park after decision from Planning Inspectorate

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries claims she is ‘working daily’ for constituents amid pressure to quit

Ex-culture secretary insists she is ‘getting on’ with job – but senior Tories urge PM to remove Tory whip

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey calls for more action on food inflation with visit to Dorries’ seat

Analysis by the Lib Dems shows the price of what the party describes as a typical weekly shop has increased by 37% in two years.

The Independent UK

Plastic fan? Lib Dem leader Ed Davey poses for football photoshoot

Some say it looks staged, others are charmed

Evening Standard

Government distances itself from ‘Lavatory Tsar’ claims as it is mocked over public toilets strategy

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch weighs into new ‘culture war’ with crackdown on gender neutral loos

The Independent UK

Sunak leans into culture war with crackdown on gender-neutral toilets

Rise of all-gender facilities puts women’s ‘privacy and safety’ at risk, says equalities minister

The Independent UK

Green policies compared: what the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems have pledged on climate

What the three largest parties have committed, one year out from a general election

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The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey: ‘Tactical voting can lock Tories out of power for a generation’

Lib Dem leader says people lending their votes to rival parties could shut the door on Conservatives at Westminster for years to come

The Guardian - UK

Yes, the Tories kept Uxbridge. But the general election will be a referendum on Sunak, not Ulez

With a local dispute swaying voters, the result in Boris Johnson’s old seat did not accurately reflect the national mood

The Guardian - UK

Voters in south-west England know – it’s the Lib Dems who can get the Tories out

Like the rest of the country, people in Somerton and Frome are suffering under this government, says Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey: byelection win shows ‘Lib Dems are back’ in south-west England

Leader says party will use victory in Somerton and Frome as springboard to further success

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The Independent UK

Lib Dems hail 'revenge of the farmers' for Tory by-election defeat

Party insiders believe government made strategic error

The Independent UK

Starmer says voters issued ‘cry for change’ after Tories lose two by-elections

Rishi Sunak insisted the next general election is not a ‘done deal’ after the Conservatives clung onto Boris Johnson’s old seat.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems demand end to ‘Conservative circus’

Party leader Sir Ed Davey covered supporters in confetti shot from a canon that read ‘Get these clowns out of No 10’.

The National (Scotland)

LibDems overturn 19,000 majority to win Somerton and Frome by-election

THE Liberal Democrats overturned a majority of more than 19,000 to win the Somerton and Frome by-election.

The Independent UK

Selby, Somerton and Uxbridge by-election results: Key statistics

Sir Ed Davey is the first leader of any political party to win four by-elections since Paddy Ashdown.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems eye return to West Country strongholds with Somerton and Frome win

Sir Ed Davey said the victory showed the Lib Dems were ‘firmly back’ in one of their former heartlands.

The Independent UK

Thumping defeats for Sunak’s Tories but he is spared by-election whitewash

A win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip spared Rishi Sunak the ignominy of becoming the first PM to lose three by-elections in a night since 1968.

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