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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Noyce

More than 150,000 back The Independent’s petition to stop Johnson giving father a knighthood

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More than 150,000 people have backed The Independent’s petition calling for Rishi Sunak to block Boris Johnson’s plans to grant his father an honour.

The former prime minister put his father Stanley forward as part of his resignation honours’ list, having previously gifted his brother, Jo Johnson, a life peerage as Baron Johnson of Marylebone.

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