peerage
Example Sentences
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He refused a peerage four times from prime ministers Disraeli and Gladstone.
Challenged on the peerage at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said Lord Doyle had not given "a full account of his actions".
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Starmer told MPs his former director of communications had not given a "full account" of his actions when he was being vetted for the peerage.
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It was announced on 10 December last year that Sir Keir's former director of communications would be awarded a peerage.
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Armstrong has been an assembly member since September 2024, when she was co-opted to replace Tom Elliott after he was given a life peerage.
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