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George Osborne tops ex-PM David Cameron's honours list | George Osborne tops ex-PM David Cameron's honours list |
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Ex-Chancellor George Osborne has been made Companion of Honour in ex-PM David Cameron's resignation honours list. | Ex-Chancellor George Osborne has been made Companion of Honour in ex-PM David Cameron's resignation honours list. |
A row broke out after the reported list was leaked to the Sunday Times, with rewards to be given to No 10 staff, party donors and Remain campaigners. | A row broke out after the reported list was leaked to the Sunday Times, with rewards to be given to No 10 staff, party donors and Remain campaigners. |
Conservative MPs Patrick McLoughlin, Oliver Letwin and Michael Fallon are recognised. | |
Mr Cameron's ex-spin doctor, Craig Oliver, is to be rewarded, as is the adviser to the ex-PM's wife, Samantha. | |
Thirteen new Conservative peers have been created and there is one Labour nomination for Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil liberties group Liberty. | |
Opposition MPs called for reform of the honours system after the list was leaked. | |
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said the confirmed list was "so full of cronies it would embarrass a medieval court", and urged that an independent panel should make future appointments. | |
The Electoral Reform Society said creating 16 more peers meant the House of Lords was "more bloated and costly than ever". | |
Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will not intervene because it would "set a very bad precedent". | |
Requests for political honours are considered by special honours committees, which are independent of Downing Street. | Requests for political honours are considered by special honours committees, which are independent of Downing Street. |
The full list of Mr Cameron's resignation honours was published after mounting criticism that the former prime minister was to reward his political allies. | |
Mr Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer from 2010 to July 2016, has been awarded the Order of the Companions Honour, which is given for service of conspicuous national importance and is limited to 65 people. | Mr Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer from 2010 to July 2016, has been awarded the Order of the Companions Honour, which is given for service of conspicuous national importance and is limited to 65 people. |
Recipients wear the initials CH after their name. | Recipients wear the initials CH after their name. |
Tory party chairman Mr McLoughlin, formerly transport secretary, ex-cabinet minister Oliver Letwin, and Craig Oliver, Mr Cameron's former communications director, are knighted. | Tory party chairman Mr McLoughlin, formerly transport secretary, ex-cabinet minister Oliver Letwin, and Craig Oliver, Mr Cameron's former communications director, are knighted. |
Isabel Spearman, who was employed as a special adviser to Mrs Cameron, has been awarded an OBE. Thea Rogers, a special adviser to Mr Osborne, has received the same award. | |
Meanwhile, Will Straw, executive director of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign which led the failed EU Remain campaign, gets a CBE for political and public service. | |
Others to have received honours on the 46-strong list include: | |
The new Conservative peerages include Mr Cameron's chief of staff Ed Llewellyn and head of his Policy Unit, Camilla Cavendish. | |
Earlier, Mr Cameron's former director of strategy, Steve Hilton criticised the former prime minister over his resignation honours list. | |
He said it was "not OK" for politicians to appoint people to the legislature, and that big donors "shouldn't have undue influence over political and policy decisions". |