Alister Jack spares Tories a byelection by ruling out Lords switch

Boris Johnson ally says he would not accept peerage while still an MP but will stand down at next election

Alister Jack, the Scottish secretary, has spared Rishi Sunak a byelection by ruling out taking the peerage he is understood to have been offered by Boris Johnson.

The Dumfries and Galloway MP, a close ally of the former prime minister, became the latest Conservative to confirm he would stand down from his seat at the next election.