POLL: Should Liz Truss be allowed to appoint resignation honours?

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Former Prime Minister Liz Truss intends to appoint four allies to the House of Lords. Any outgoing, according to reports. Prime Minister can recommend people for honours, but after her premiership lasted just 49 days do you think Ms Truss should be allowed to? Vote in our poll.

The Sun has revealed that Ms Truss has nominated four new lifelong members of the House of Lords, including long-term aide Ruth Porter, Brexit campaigner Matthew Elliott and Tory donor Jon Moynihan.

Mark Littlewood, the boss of the Institute of Economic Affairs that backed large parts of the mini-budget and economic policies, will also be made a Lord.

A spokesperson for Ms Truss said they could not comment on who was among the nominations that have sparked the criticism.

A former advisor to Ms Truss called for her “list of shame should be withdrawn”, telling The Sun it is “a final kick in the stomach to taxpayers who will now fork out millions of pounds in lifetime golden goodbye to donors and failed advisers”.

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Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner also described it as a “list of shame” adding that Ms Truss and her supporters “took a wrecking ball to the economy in a disastrous six-week premiership that has left millions facing mortgage misery”.

The Liberal Democrats’s Chef Whip Wendy Chamberlain said the move was “truly remarkable” and called for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to block the nominations.

She said: “Rishi Sunak must block these honours immediately as allowing Truss to dish out positions of influence shows a stunning lack of humility.”

The Cabinet Office is currently considering nominations put forward by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

So what do YOU think? Should Ms Truss be allowed to appoint resignation honours? Vote in our poll and leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

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