Chris Grayling, the former transport secretary, has become the latest Conservative MP to announce he is standing down at the next general election.
Grayling said he had been successfully treated for prostate cancer this year and the diagnosis had led him to decide it was “time for a change”.
He is among more than 40 Tories who have announced they will not defend their seat in the election which is expected next year.
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