Gong for Cash

Kemi makes £2500 donor pal a life peer

- MIKEY SMITH

KEMI Badenoch has handed a peerage to a key donor in her first honours list.

Barrister Joanne Cash gave £2,500 to the Tory leader to help fund her first leadership campaign in 2022.

When Ms Badenoch was Business Secretary last year, she was criticised for giving Ms Cash a job as a commissioner to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) without declaring a political interest in her appointment.