Liz Truss, Britain’s most ephemeral prime minister, has revealed her resignation honours list, triggering a wave of outrage from some quarters.
Ms Truss, who lasted only 49 days in power, bestowed seats in the Lords on Conservative benefactor Jon Moynihan and former Vote Leave boss Matthew Elliott.
Ruth Porter, who served as Ms Truss’s deputy chief of staff, also received a peerage.
It is customary for departing PMs to nominate people for honours – but Rishi Sunak had been urged to veto Ms Truss’s list.
Her 11 picks – mostly made up of loyalists and ex-staffers – were unveiled alongside the New Year Honours list, but No 10 sources dismissed this as a coincidence and not a ploy to downplay Ms Truss’s list.
