Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:48pm on 30 Dec 2023,Saturday International
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has cleared the controversial resignation honours list submitted by his short-lived predecessor Liz Truss. Truss recommended 11 allies and donors for peerages in the House of Lords, including key Brexit campaign figure Matthew Elliott. Former Truss aide Ruth Porter was also named in the list published alongside the New Year Honours. Truss was forced to resign after just 49 days in October 2022 due to turmoil from her disastrous mini-budget. The opposition Labour Party slammed Sunak's decision as proof of his weakness and a slap in the face of working people suffering economic consequences. The move faced dismay for rewarding Truss loyalists despite her brief, crisis-ridden tenure. But Sunak ultimately approved the customary resignation honours per norm.
