BOTH Michael Gove and Alister Jack have been given life peerages as Rishi Sunak announces his full resignation honours list.
The former Tory prime minister unveiled his list, where former chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary James Cleverly have also been awarded knighthoods.
Gove, who served in the Tory Cabinet in various roles for most of their 14 years in power, and Jack, the Scottish secretary from 2019 to 2024, have both been given seats in the House of Lords.
The SNP’s depute leader at Westminster, Pete Wishart, has called Gove and Jack’s appointment to the House of Lords “one last slap in the face to the people of Scotland”.
Adding: “While Alister Jack and Michael Gove settle into their cushy ‘jobs’ for life safe, unaccountable to voters, people across Scotland are still suffering the effects of fourteen years of Tory rule.”
The Labour Government had pledged to abolish the unelected upper chamber before coming to power.
However, the party are now only bringing in minor reforms, such as removing the 92 hereditary peers which Tony Blair’s Labour administration left in place.
See the full list of Tory cabinet ministers who will be honoured:
- Michael Gove – former secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
- Mark Harper – former secretary of State for Transport.
- Simon Hart – former chief whip of the House of Commons.
- Alister Jack – former secretary of State for Scotland.
- Stephen Massey – former chief executive officer of the Conservative Party.
- Victoria Prentis – former attorney general.
- Eleanor Shawcross (Wolfson) – former head of the No 10 Policy Unit.
