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2024 Dissolution Honours

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2022

The 2024 Dissolution Honours List is set to be issued by King Charles III on the advice of the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, following the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Background[edit]

This will be king Charles first Dissolution Honours List, the last being the 2019 Dissolution Honours List issued by Queen Elizabeth II.

In June 2024, the Financial Times reported that Jamie Dimon and Eric Schmidt were to receive an honour in this list.[1] Sky News also reported that Harriet Harman hoped to be awarded a peerage.[2] The Times reported Theresa May would be given a peerage.[3] The Guardian and the Telegraph subsequently reported that Margaret Beckett, Margaret Hodge, Harman and Sharon White were all tipped for a peerage in the honours list, as well as Thangam Debbonaire, if she were to lose her seat, among "dozens of labour peers".[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rishi Sunak puts Jamie Dimon and Eric Schmidt forward for UK honours". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  2. ^ "Labour veteran Harriet Harman 'hopes' to be made peer after more than 40 years in the Commons". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  3. ^ Pogrund, Harry Yorke, Gabriel (2024-06-18). "Theresa May to enter Lords but Richard Sharp misses out". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Courea, Eleni; correspondent, Eleni Courea Political (2024-06-23). "Labour to add dozens of peers to back its policies and improve gender balance". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ^ Martin, Daniel (2024-06-23). "Keir Starmer to appoint dozens of peers within weeks of taking office". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-06-25.