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NEW: Theresa May awards knighthoods, peerages and other gongs to

— 26 of her ex-advisers
— 3 Tory donors
— her chef
— her housekeeper

Transparency campaigners accuse her of “foul play” over “the corrupting influence of big money” in British politics

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As BuzzFeed News revealed last month — peerages for her former chief of staff Gavin Barwell, her deputy chief of staff JoJo Penn, her political secretary Stephen Parkinson and her press aide Liz Sanderson buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/th…
Arise Sir Olly Robbins and Sir Robbie Gibb

Remember when Cameron have his director of comms @CraigOliver100
a knighthood in 2016 May said it made her "retch"

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Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy receive CBEs despite "reign of terror" in No10

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Cash for peerages:

Scandal-hit Ehud Sheleg has donated £3m to the Tories

David Brounlow has also given £3m

Rami Ranger has given over £1m

They're all going to the House of Lords

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And how about this. John Mann gets a peerage after quitting Labour

Just last year he said the House of Lords should be abolished!

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Kirsty Buchanan MBE. Imagine being a Theresa May aide who she didn’t think was worth a gong buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/th…
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NEW: Runners and riders to replace John Bercow as Commons speaker, and why they think they should get the job

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💥 NEW: Cabinet row over a proposal by Liz Truss to give businesses a £1,500 'Brexit voucher' to prepare for no-deal

The idea was rejected by Michael Gove's XO committee. But Truss is determined to push ahead

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— There were 5.7 million SMEs in the UK in 2018. 8% export to the EU

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Yellowhammer docs
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