Why are so many Conservative MPs standing down? With Charlotte Ivers
Tory MPs have until next week to tell the party if they want to stand again – and many do not.
Charlotte Ivers
Charlotte Ivers is a political correspondent at Times Radio and columnist for the Sunday Times.
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