The House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) has confirmed it vetoed eight names former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had put forward for peerages in his resignation honours list.
On Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accused Johnson of asking him to “do something I wasn’t prepared to do,” by overruling Holac.
Johnson’s resignation honours list was published (pdf) on Friday and includes seven people nominated to receive life peerages and 38 people to receive knighthoods, MBEs and OBEs.
Among those who have been nominated for a peerage is Charlotte Owen, a 29-year-old former adviser to Johnson who would become the youngest-ever member of the House of Lords….