Jared O’Mara has postponed his plan to resign from the Commons, the Press Association reports. The Sheffield Hallam MP, 37, announced his decision in July to step down after a series of problems which saw him suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party and then resign from the party. MPs cannot simply resign. If they want to leave the Commons they have to apply to be appointed to one of two ancients stewardships, PA reports. A Treasury spokesman said:
Jared O’Mara remains an MP after writing to the chancellor asking to postpone his appointment to an office of the Crown.
What a weird point for The Guardian to post this.