May receives peerage in dissolution honours list
The Independent|July 05, 2024
The former prime minister Theresa May has been given a peerage while the former environment secretary Therese Coffey has been handed a damehood in the dissolution honours list.
JABED AHMED
May receives peerage in dissolution honours list

Ms May, the former MP for Maidenhead, was nominated for a peerage by Rishi Sunak as No 10 made the surprise decision to announce the list yesterday evening, less than an hour before the election polls closed.

The former PM stood down at the general election after a career spanning 27 years in parliament. Announcing her decision to step back from politics, Ms May told the Maidenhead Advertiser she had taken the decision to “focus on causes close to her heart”, including her work on the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

This story is from the July 05, 2024 edition of The Independent.

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