Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson rewards allies in resignation honours

Boris Johnson awarded his political aides and allies with some of Britain's highest honours to mark his resignation as prime minister, according to an official list published on Friday. Johnson's list, long delayed following his resignation last year, is expected to renew criticism of the system under which outgoing prime ministers can nominate people for peerages, knighthoods, and other awards when they leave office.

The former prime minister nominated Conservative party politicians, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conor Burns and Simon Clarke for knighthoods, and his former chief of staff Dan Rosenfield and the current Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen for peerages.