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Alex Wickham
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Hear Theresa May has recommended in her resignation honours list peerages for:

– her chief of staff Gavin Barwell
– deputy chief of staff JoJo Penn
– political secretary Stephen Parkinson
– press aide Liz Sanderson
Lords Leader's office directing me to No10 for this. No10 declined to comment. Barwell and Penn also declined to comment. Parkinson and Sanderson did not respond.
Sounds like something for Theresa May's director of communications Robbie Gibb too. When Cameron gave Craig Oliver a knighthood, May said it made her "wretch"
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Proroguing is just the beginning... more details here

“We're into the final ten minutes and we're holding the ball by the corner flag"

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NEW: Boris Johnson’s women aides have expressed fury that they are being paid less than male colleagues

– one adviser is threatening to take the government to an employment tribunal
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Alex Wickham
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EXC: Government adverts telling EU citizens how to register to stay in the UK after Brexit have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for being "misleading"

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Fresh embarrassment for the government's beleaguered EU Settlement Scheme...

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