Rishi Sunak keen to remain MP after jetting-off jibes, insist friends

Former PM wants to prove a point by staying the course, but other Tories said to be mulling their own early exit

Rishi Sunak is planning to stay the course in parliament on the backbenches, as friends said the former prime minister was keen to prove a point after multiple jibes about his potential return to California.

Sunak has told colleagues that his children were newly settled in school and he did not want to cause any new disruption to his family life for now after the turmoil of the past few years.