Two of Keir Starmer’s closest allies named in new year honours list

MP Anneliese Dodds made a dame and former head of Labour Together thinktank Jonathan Ashworth a CBE

Two of Keir Starmer’s closest allies have been named in the new year honours list.

The former international development minister Anneliese Dodds, who resigned in February this year, has been named a dame and Jonathan Ashworth, who led the Labour Together thinktank until July, a CBE.