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Honours

Baroness Warsi is now a 'senior minister of state'. Picture: Getty.

Reshuffle gongs peeve MPs

6 September 2012 17:56

David Cameron swore the sacked ministers he was conferring honours on to secrecy  before announcing the accolades last night at a dinner with the parliamentary party. If it was supposed… Continue reading

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The select committee said more needed to be done to shore up the independence of the honours system, and called for greater transparency when people are stripped of their honours, like Fred Goodwin. Picture: Getty.

How to improve confidence in the honours system

29 August 2012 8:48

Every honours list throws up some controversy or other, such as whether a knighthood is linked to a political donation (a media favourite) or can be interpreted as some kind… Continue reading

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