Nadine Dorries joins Patel in quitting cabinet after Truss named next PM

Nadine Dorries outside Downing Street in July. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Nadine Dorries has joined Priti Patel in quitting the cabinet hours after Liz Truss won the Conservative leadership contest.

The culture secretary was offered the chance to stay in the role, according to the Mail Plus, who first reported the story. The website quoted a friend as saying: “[Dorries] has decided now is the right time to leave cabinet.”