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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Middleton

‘Shameless’ Truss gives honours to cronies who backed her disastrous government

PA

Former prime minister Liz Truss has doled out peerages to the men who played key roles in masterminding Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Ms Truss – who lasted just 49 days in No 10, a period in which she decimated the UK economy – nominated Matthew Elliott, the former chief executive of Vote Leave, and pro-Brexit Tory donor Jon Moynihan to sit in the House of Lords.

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