Former UK PM Liz Truss awards honours to allies and Brexit campaigners

Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, awarded some of the nation’s highest honours to her political aides and allies during her brief spell in office in 2022 as well as two Brexit campaigners.
Former prime ministers such as Truss are entitled to bestow honours, including a lifetime seat in the British parliament’s House of Lords, after they step down. It is not uncommon for British leaders to use their list to reward political allies.
Truss, who quit as prime minister in October 2022 after just 44 days in office as her economic policies sparked market turmoil, awarded a seat in the House of Lords, known as a peerage, to Ruth Porter, her former deputy chief of staff.
Matthew Elliott and Jon Moynihan, senior members of the 2016 Vote Leave Brexit campaign, also received peerages.