Boris Johnson hits back at Rishi Sunak in row over peerages list

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Boris Johnson has accused Rishi Sunak of "talking rubbish" after the Prime Minister claimed his predecessor asked him to overrule a panel vetting his nominations to the House of Lords.

The row over the former Tory leader's resignation honours list escalated on Monday as Mr Sunak said Mr Johnson wanted him "to do something I wasn't prepared to do".

He said this was "to either overrule the Holac [House of Lords Appointments] committee or make promises to people".

Mr Johnson hit back hours later with a fiery statement denying this was the case.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/i-didnt-think-it-was-right-rishi-sunak-explains-not-ennobling-boris-johnson-allies-12900837

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