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Reasons behind two controversial Johnson peerages revealed after 18-month battle

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge and Lord Kempsell were appointed to the House of Lords in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.

Evening Standard

Lords panel criticises Boris Johnson for bringing honours system into question

Report expresses disapproval at former PM’s attempts to fill upper house with his supporters

The Guardian - UK

Honours row grows after claim Charlotte Owen ‘worked as maternity cover’

The youngest life peer in UK history at the age of 29, the former assistant to Boris Johnson was covering maternity leave in his office

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Boris Johnson told ‘months ago’ peerage for Nadine Dorries had been rejected

Former PM told by Cabinet Office she was not on the list of approved nominations as early as February

The Independent UK

Publication of Partygate Privileges Committee report delayed after Boris Johnson outburst

The committee earlier said the former prime minister had made last-minute representations ahead of the release of its report

Evening Standard

Tory turmoil over Johnson is having an impact on UK’s reputation, Starmer claims

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer suggested the political chaos was damaging the UK’s international standing and causing concerns for business.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries blasts Rishi Sunak and top aide as 'privileged posh boys'

The furious ex-Cabinet Minister launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister in the latest twist in the bitter row over Boris Johnson's resignation honours

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No ‘posh boys barrier’ to the Lords, ex-leader William Hague tells Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries claimed she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accused ‘posh boy’ Rishi Sunak of blocking peerage

Evening Standard

Dorries says she was ‘bullied’ by No 10 and accuses Sunak of blocking peerage - old

The former culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist denied ‘knifing the party’ by triggering a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire seat.

The Independent UK

Johnson accuses Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ as rancour becomes slanging match

The Prime Minister had accused his predecessor of asking him to overrule a vetting panel over his House of Lords nominations.

The Independent UK

Tory civil war enflamed as Sunak accuses Johnson of ‘not right’ peerage demands

The Prime Minister said his one-time Conservative ally asked him to ‘do something I wasn’t prepared to do’.

The Independent UK

Plan for greater scrutiny of peerages could help to allay concerns over lords’ work rate

Letters: A bill now being taken through the upper house would extend the Lords appointments committee’s brief, says Conservative peer Timothy Kirkhope

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson did not put pressure on over Lebedev peerage, says watchdog chief

Lord Bew said the appointments committee had asked for security information on the son of a former KGB agent during the process.

The Independent UK

Labour and Tory rebels force disclosure of security advice on Lebedev peerage

Conservative whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after backbenchers threaten to support Labour motion

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Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

Johnson says UK may need to produce more oil and gas to reduce reliance on Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

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