Sue Gray, the civil servant who investigated Partygate and went on to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been made a life peer, Downing Street said.
Other nominations from Labour include former MP Luciana Berger, who resigned from the party in 2019 amid its antisemitism scandal before rejoining in 2023, and former shadow cabinet member Thangam Debbonaire.
Former Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones, former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield and Mary Bousted, formerly the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, also make the list.
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