Adam Afriyie says he will not quit as Conservative MP after bankruptcy order

Windsor MP will stand down at next election but not quit and trigger byelection

The Conservative MP Adam Afriyie has said he will not quit as an MP after being made bankrupt by a court ruling, which found he owed about 1.7m.

Afriyie was pursued by creditors including HMRC for 1m in unpaid tax and Barclays Bank. He asked for more time to sell the family home in order to pay his debts. But the judge ruled Afriyie had had long enough to make arrangements and ordered bankruptcy.