A number of veteran Tories have been granted peerages as part of Rishi Sunak's resignation honours.
Former cabinet ministers Michael Gove, Mark Harper, Victoria Prentis, Alister Jack, and Simon Hart have been elevated to the House of Lords. Former chief executive of the Conservative Party, Stephen Massey, also becomes a peer, as well as Eleanor Shawcross, former head of the No10 policy unit.
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