Boris Johnson has doled out honours to cronies and Partygate aides, including a gong for a top civil servant who told staff to "bring your own booze" to a No10 event during lockdown.
The shamed ex-Prime Minister handed a knighthood to Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Damehood to Priti Patel and a string of accolades to officials who were at the centre of lockdown-busting bashes in Downing Street.
Labour branded it a "sickening insult" that people caught up in the Partygate scandal had been handed gongs.
Mr Johnson's long-delayed resignation honours list appears to have been slashed in size after reports he wanted to nominate dozens of pals.
His staunch supporter Nadine Dorries and his dad Stanley Johnson miss out on peerages after reports they were on course for the House of Lords.
Instead, the shamed ex-PM handed peerages to former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen and a handful of No10 aides.
In extraordinary scenes, Downing Street aide Martin Reynolds, who told No10 staff to 'bring their own booze' to a lockdown bash in Downing Street has been handed a gong.
Mr Reynolds, dubbed “Party Marty” in Whitehall, was Mr Johnson's principal private secretary during the pandemic and sent the infamous “bring-your-own booze” email invitation to staffers.
Sent on May 20, 2020, it had the subject line "Socially Distanced Drinks! [OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE-No 10 ONLY]", and said: "After what has been an incredibly busy period we thought it would be nice to make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks in the No 10 garden this evening.
"Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze."
Yet Mr Johnson made him a Companion of the Bath - a 298-year-old order of chivalry.
Long-time ally Conor Burns, who famously tried to defend Mr Johnson over his lockdown birthday bash by saying he was "ambushed with a cake", has been given a knighthood.
There was also a CBE for former Downing Street communications chief Jack Doyle.
When the Mirror began investigating Partygate, he sent a message to a colleague saying: “Just be robust and they’ll get bored.”
Former No10 aide Henry Cook also becomes a CBE.
He is at the centre of the Government's standoff with the Covid Inquiry over access to unredacted WhatsApp messages sent between ministers and officials at the height of the pandemic.
Another comms boss, Guto Harri, who on his first day in No10 sang I Will Survive with Mr Johnson as they discussed a crisis engulfing the then PM, also becomes a CBE.
Former Housing Secretary Simon Clarke and backbencher stalwart Michael Fabricant have been given knighthoods, along with Tory co-chairman Ben Elliot.
Former minister Andrea Jenkyns, who was caught on camera sticking her middle finger up at anti-Johnson protesters on his final day in office, has also been made a dame.
Mr Johnson has also given damehoods to ex-Chief Whip Amanda Milling, his former personal assistant Ann Sindall, and his former head of operations at No10, Shelley Williams-Walker.
Ms Williams-Walker was allegedly nicknamed 'DJ SWW' after playing tunes from a laptop during a No10 party on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral.
The long-time parliamentary hairdresser Kelly Jo Dodge was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire,
The honours list unleashed a furious backlash.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner accused the Tories of “spending their time doling out rewards for those who tried to cover up rule-breaking and toadied to a disgraced former Prime Minister”.
She added: “It’s a sickening insult that those who planned Covid parties and held boozy lockdown bashes while families were unable to mourn loved ones are now set to be handed gongs by Rishi Sunak.
“As Boris Johnson faces yet more allegations and investigations about his conduct, the privilege of an honours list is spectacularly ill-judged and wholly undeserved.
“It’s shameful that Rishi Sunak has failed to stand up to his former boss’s outrageous demands and agreed to hand out prizes to this carousel of cronies.”
A formerly loyal Boris Johnson aide said the list was an “utter disgrace”.
They said: “It’s rewards for failure all round.
“Boris has slammed the door shut on the prospect of any return to the frontline of British politics and trashed what remained of his legacy.”
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: “Boris Johnson has been allowed to hand out gongs to his partygate pals, and Rishi Sunak has just waved it through.
“We’ve gone from the lavender list to the catalogue of cronies. This is corruption pure and simple.”
Downing Street sought to distance Rishi Sunak from the list.
"He had no involvement or input into the approved list," the Prime Minister's press secretary said.
It comes as Mr Johnson awaits the verdict of the Commons Privileges Committee into whether he lied to MPs over Partygate.
He could be suspended from the Commons - and even face a by-election - if he is found to have misled Parliament.
The ex-PM has reportedly been handed the committee's report and has two weeks to respond to the findings.
Separately, he is also facing a fresh police investigation after officials handed over evidence of potential rule breaking to cops that Mr Johnson had submitted to the Covid inquiry.
Boris Johnson's Resignation Honours in full
Peerages
Mr Shaun Stephen Bailey
Current Conservative member of the London Assembly
Mr Benjamin Gascoigne
Former Political Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris
Johnson MP
Mr Benjamin Houchen
Current Tees Valley Mayor
Mr Ross John Kempsell
Political Director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research
Department
Miss Charlotte Katherine Tranter Owen
Former Special Advisor to the former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Mr Kulveer Singh Ranger
Formerly Director of Transport for Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP whilst Mayor of London, and
Special Adviser to UK Government on digital strategy
Mr Daniel Robert Rosenfield
Former Downing Street Chief of Staff for the Former Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Order of the Companions of Honour
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
Sir William Nigel Paul Cash - Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee. For political and public service.
Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Andrea Marie Jenkyns MP - Former Assistant Whip and Minister for Skills. For political and public service
The Right Honourable Amanda Anne Milling MP - Former Minister without Portfolio. For political and public service.
The Right Honourable Priti Patel MP - Former Home Secretary. For political and public service.
Ann Sindall - Personal Assistant to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Michelle Williams-Walker - Former Special Adviser and Head of Operations for the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Knights Bachelor - Knighthood
The Right Honourable Conor Burns MP - Former Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. For political and public service.
The Right Honourable Simon Richard Clarke MP - Former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. For political and public service.
Benjamin William Elliot Former Co-Chair of the Conservative Party. - For political and public service.
Michael Louis David Fabricant MP Conservative MP for Lichfield - For political and public service.
William John Lewis - Political Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
The Right Honourable - Jacob William Rees-Mogg MP Former Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency. For political and public service.
Order of the Bath - Companion of the Bath
Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds - Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. For public service.
Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Guto Harri - Former Director of Communications at Downing Street and London City Hall. For political and public service.
Rosemary Bate-Williams - Former Press Secretary to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
David Joseph Blair - Former Foreign Affairs Speechwriter to the Prime Minister and Former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. For public service.
Colin Cromarty Bloom - Former Faith Engagement Advisor to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Henry Charles Rixar Cook - Former Special Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Jack Doyle - Former Downing Street Director of Communications. For political and public service.
Roisha Maria Hughes - Former Principal Private Secretary to the Mayor of London. For public service.
Ray Arthur Lewis - Former Deputy Mayor of London. For political and public service.
Order of the British Empire
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
David Bruno John Canzini - Former Political Advisor to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Samantha Helen Cohen CVO - Former Director of the Office of the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Alexander Karczewski Crowley - Former Political Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service.
Rebecca Rose Haggar Kaikitis - Councillor, London Borough of Hillingdon. For political and public service.
Samantha Geraldine Harrison - Former interim Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the Prime Minister. For public service.
Benjamin Robert Mallet - Former Strategy Director for the General Election and London Campaign Director. For political and public service.
Robert Mark Raymond Oxley - Former Press Secretary at Downing Street. For political and public service.
Daniel James Ritterband - Former Head of the Mayor of London Campaign. For political and public service.
Sarah Elizabeth Rebecca Vaughan-Brown - Former Personal Adviser to Carrie Johnson. For political and public service.
Dr William Gerald Winter Warr - Senior Vice President, Global Health Strategy at BioNTech, former Senior Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Health, Social Care and Life Sciences. For political and public service.
Catherine Grace Rostron OBE - Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Special Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Order of the British Empire
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Kelly Jo Dodge - Long-time Parliamentary hairdresser. For Parliamentary service.
Andrea Laybourne - Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Richard John Mark - Senior Parliamentary Assistant to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Gregory Alexander Munro - Senior Assistant and Adviser to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Alexander Joseph Bryan Simpson - Former Parliamentary and Constituency Secretary to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service.
Lynda Teresa Summers - Former London Borough of Hillingdon. For public service.
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