peerage
Example Sentences
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When approached for comment, a No 10 spokesperson directed the BBC to a document listing the reasons why Dame Ann had been nominated for a peerage.
From BBC
Ms Davies will sit alongside ex-Tory cabinet minister John Redwood and journalist and historian Simon Heffer - who have also been handed peerages.
From BBC
The chairman of the supermarket chain Iceland will be nominated for a Labour peerage, sources within the party have confirmed.
From BBC
Removing someone’s peerages completely and ousting them from the line of succession requires legislation.
The SNP lodged a similar motion in September, aimed at removing the peerage of Lord Mandelson, who was sacked as ambassador to the USA when the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
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