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The full list of those to be awarded honours by David Cameron has been revealed. | The full list of those to be awarded honours by David Cameron has been revealed. |
Former members of Mr Cameron's Cabinet, including former chancellor George Osborne, Tory donors and Remain campaigners have been rewarded in his resignation honours. | Former members of Mr Cameron's Cabinet, including former chancellor George Osborne, Tory donors and Remain campaigners have been rewarded in his resignation honours. |
Mr Osborne will receive the prestigious "Companion of Honour" award and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and former transport secretary, now Conservative party chairman, Patrick McLoughlin will both receive honours. | |
Craig Oliver, director of communications at Number 10 under David Cameron, Andrew Cook, the former treasurer of the Conservatives, and Samantha Cameron's personal stylist, Isabel Spearman, have also been recognised in the list. | Craig Oliver, director of communications at Number 10 under David Cameron, Andrew Cook, the former treasurer of the Conservatives, and Samantha Cameron's personal stylist, Isabel Spearman, have also been recognised in the list. |
Mr Cameron has been heavily criticised for the number of his friends and allies on the list with Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson calling it the worst example of the "old boy's network". | |
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has recommended Shami Chakrabati, who delivered a report into the alleged culture of anti-semitism within the party earlier this year, for a peerage in the honours list. | |
Other prominent Tories awarded peerages include the Treasurer of the party, Andrew Fraser, and Philippa Roe, the leader of a flagship Conservative council in London which came under fire in June after it announced it was scrapping its entire CCTV network because of central government cuts. | |
The nominations have also drawn criticism from Leave campaigners who have said the number of Remainers on the list made it seem like "rewards for failure". | |
The head of the Remain side, Will Straw, and Dan Korski, the Downing Street aide who helped to orchestrate the campaign, will both be given an CBEs. |