Boris Johnson gives peerages to string of Tory allies, but not Paul Dacre

There were reported doubts within the House of Lords Appointments Commission about honouring Dacre. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson’s political honours list has seen peerages awarded to a string of former Tory MPs and other allies and party donors – although not to Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail.

Dacre had been widely tipped to be made a peer, but there had been calls for this to be delayed or suspended after legal action begun by a series of prominent people over alleged intrusion into privacy by the Mail’s publisher.