Nadine Dorries steps down as UK culture secretary
The Boris Johnson loyalist has resigned from the role ahead of a cabinet reshuffle by new prime minister Liz Truss
News By James Hanley | 6 September 2022
UK culture secretary Nadine Dorries has stepped down ahead of a cabinet reshuffle by new prime minister Liz Truss. Dorries, a staunch ally of outgoing PM Boris Johnson, succeeded Oliver Dowden as culture secretary in September last year, becoming the seventh politician in less than five years to hold the post.
The Conservative MP, who is returning to the backbenches and is tipped to receive a peerage, says in her resignation letter that she was asked to stay on in…
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