King Charles looked for heroes to honour – and picked William, Kate and Camilla. Laugh? Cry? You choose
Norman Baker
Can we really say Britain has a modernised monarchy when archaic titles are being handed out as if it were 1348, not 2024, asks former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker
March 2024
Tory donor’s knighthood is sign Sunak ‘believes he’s on way out’, Labour says
Businessman who donated £5m to Tories gets knighthood
February 2024
King strips CBE from former Post Office boss Paula Vennells
Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list
January 2024
Cameron broke convention when he made Michelle Mone a peer, says Tory MP
Who would you rather see in the Lords, Post Office scandal hero Alan Bates or Michelle Mone?
Marina Hyde
Digested week
Digested week: who gets to keep their gong? Let the public decide
John Crace
Brief letters
When ‘tidying’ mice are more hindrance than help
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Government has ‘devised options’ to deal with outstanding Horizon convictions in Post Office scandal, minister says – as it happened
Post Office scandal: Sunak would ‘strongly support’ review of ex-boss’s CBE
Post Office scandal: how might justice be delivered to those affected?
Post Office scandal: more than 1m sign petition to strip ex-boss of CBE
You don’t have to agree with the man to like his Wetherspoon pubs
Nils Pratley on finance
Don’t rise to the Brexit bait – Wetherspoon’s boss deserves his gong
Nils Pratley
December 2023
Labour pledges to ‘clean up politics’ after outrage over Liz Truss honours list
Shadow front bencher says Keir Starmer would not have resignation honours after ‘appalling spectacle’ of ex-prime minister ‘rewarding cronies’
Aviva boss Amanda Blanc and retail guru Mary Portas among business figures in new year honours list
Insurance CEO cited for services to gender equality, while Stephen Hester and Gerald Ronson are also honoured
Liz Truss gives peerages to Brexit architect and Tory donor
Ousted prime minister allowed a resignation honours list despite leaving Downing Street after 49 days
September 2023
Eleven peers have not sat in Lords for at least a year after failing to take oath to king
Ex-supreme court president among those whose failure to take oath means they cannot sit or vote in second chamber
August 2023
Met police criticised for ending cash-for-honours inquiry into king’s charity
Force launched investigation after reports alleged offers of help to secure honours and citizenship were made to Saudi national
