Boris Johnson hits back at Rishi Sunak in row over peerages list

Boris Johnson has accused Rishi Sunak of “talking rubbish“ after the Prime Minister claimed his predecessor asked him to overrule a panel vetting his nominations to the House of Lords. The row over the former Tory leader’s resignation honours list escalated on Monday as Mr Sunak said Mr Johnson wanted him “to do something I wasn’t prepared to do“. He said this was “to either overrule the Holac [House of Lords Appointments] committee or make promises to people“. Mr Johnson hit back hours later with a fiery statement denying this was the case. Read more here: #rishisunak #borisjohnson #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok: @skynews For more content go to and download our apps: Apple Android Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: