Rishi Sunak Accuses Boris Johnson of Asking Him to Manipulate House of Lords Appointments Commission

According to Sunak, Johnson asked him to override HOLAC's recommendations or to "make promises to people" to secure their appointments.

However, Sunak refused to do so, as he believed it was not right and he didn't want to make such promises.

The intervention marks a new point in an escalating war of words over Johnson's controversial resignation honours list.

The disagreement centers around Johnson's decision to exclude the names of key supporters, including Nadine Dorries, Sir Alok Sharma, and Nigel Adams, from his resignation honours list.

All three had expected to be appointed to the House of Lords, and competing claims have emerged over how and why their names were removed.