Conservative Member of Parliament and former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has quit her seat after sending the PM her resignation letter.

In her letter, which she shared on social media platform X (formally known as Twitter), she told the PM: "History will not judge you kindly".

This comes two months after she promised to quit her Mid Bedfordshire seat and after heavy criticism over her apparent absenteeism.

In the letter, Nadine Dorries told the PM: "It has been the greatest honour and privilege of my life to have served the good people of Mid Bedfordshire as their MP for 18 years and I count myself blessed to have worked in Westminster for almost a quarter of a century.

"Despite what some in the media and you yourself have implied, my team of caseworkers and I have continued to work for my constituents faithfully and diligently to this day."

She went on to add that Sunak had abandoned "the fundamental principles of Conservatism".

She also accused Rishi Sunak of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her.