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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair did not issue a list by June 2007, apparently because of the "Cash for Honours scandal". [3] Gordon Brown did not publish a resignation honours list either, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but a dissolution list was issued on his advice (to similar effect).
The 2005 Dissolution Honours List was issued after the General Election of the same year on the advice of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. [ 1 ] The lists consists of 27 retiring MPs – 16 Labour , six Conservative and five Liberal Democrat .
Speaking at his monthly news briefing on 16 March 2006, Tony Blair confirmed his knowledge of the loans but denied any connection between the large loans from three private individuals and whether they were subsequently nominated for honours. [70] Blair said all three men were known party donors and would have made excellent Labour "working peers".
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Blair's first relocation was when he was nineteen months old. At the end of 1954, Blair's parents and their two sons moved from Paisley Terrace to Adelaide, South Australia. [13] His father lectured in law at the University of Adelaide. [14] In Australia, Blair's sister, Sarah, was born. The Blairs lived in the suburb of Dulwich close to the ...
An earlier scandal over David Lloyd George's 1922 Dissolution Honours list resulted in the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. [6] Tony Blair did not issue a list, apparently because of the "Cash for Honours" scandal. [7] Gordon Brown did not publish a resignation honours list either, [8] [9] but a dissolution list was issued on his advice ...
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Sir Tony Blair, in 2007. Blair stated that the House of Lords was "not my sort of thing". In 1999, Blair's government had significantly reduced the size of the House of Lords. [32] Later, akin to Sir John Major, Blair accepted the Garter in the 2022 New Year Honours. Gordon Brown, in 2015.