Thérèse Coffey says she ‘came close to dying’ from brain abscess

Conservative MP blames stress of job as under-secretary of state in Department for Environment for 2018 illness

The Conservative MP Thérèse Coffey has claimed she “came close to dying” from a brain abscess and blamed it on the stress of being a government minister.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Coffey revealed she was diagnosed with the rare brain abscess in May 2018, after she had pain in her head for several days.