Rishi Sunak must stop Boris Johnson’s and Liz Truss’ resignation honours. Her turbulent 49-day tenure at Number 10 made her the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. But reports indicate she has nominated four supporters for peerages.
Following reports that the former prime minister will nominate four close supporters for peerages. Liz Truss has been accused of compiling a “list of shame.”
No. 10 residents can propose House of Lords candidates as part of their resignation honours.
But Rishi Sunak is facing demands to block his predecessor’s appointments, as her disastrous mini-budget, which caused the pound to plummet, leading to her resignation after only 49 days in office.
It made her the prime minister with the shortest tenure in British political history.
According to The Sun and I newspapers, Jon Moynihan is one of Ms. Truss’ nominees.
Last year, he contributed more than £50,000 to her leadership campaign, according to the register of MPs’ financial interests.
According to the documents, the other nominees are former Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliot, aide Ruth Porter, and think tank leader Mark Littlewood, whose Institute of Economic Affairs supported the mini-budget.
Mr. Elliott supported Brexit and helped found the Taxpayers’ Alliance, an organization that advocates for reduced taxes.
Ms. Porter assisted in launching Ms. Truss’s campaign for the presidency before briefly serving as her deputy chief of staff.
The Prime Minister must block these honors.
A spokesman for the former prime minister stated that he was unable to comment on the nominations, which Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner referred to as a “shame list.”
Ms. Rayner stated that Ms. Truss and her short-lived chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, had “destroyed the economy” and demanded that the nominations be halted.
Labour has already urged Ms. Truss to turn down an annual allowance of up to £115,000 that is given to former prime ministers to help finance their public duties.
Liberal Democrats echoed Ms. Rayner’s demand, stating that Mr. Sunak “must block these honors.”
Johnson’s nominees will take precedence.
The release of Ms. Truss’s recommendations for honors is not imminent, as those of Boris Johnson is being processed first.
According to reports, he has nominated his father for a knighthood.
Opposition parties have instructed Mr. Sunak to also oppose these resignation peerages.
On May 6, there will also be honors to commemorate the coronation of the King.
