
Rishi Sunak is facing a fresh by-election headache after a damning report recommended former Tory MP Chris Pincher be suspended for groping two men.
The prime minister is already gearing up for three difficult contests this month in seats the Conservatives won in 2019. A fourth is set to be triggered when former culture secretary Nadine Dorries formally resigns, which she promised to do “with immediate effect” almost a month ago.