Tory MP loses whip after signing up for reality show

The UK's Conservative Party has suspended the whip from MP Nadine Dorries after it emerged she is planning to be absent from Westminster to appear on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, a senior party source said today.

The 55-year-old, who represents Mid Bedfordshire, will face eating bugs and offal as the first serving MP to take part in the programme.