CAMERON IN NEW STORM OVER 24% PAY RISES FOR AIDES

Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1982 on the recommendation of Margaret Thatcher.

But on August 4, the day Mr Cameron’s list of awards was published, he wrote to the Cabinet Office asking for the correct procedure to return the cherished award in protest.

In a letter to the honours section at St James’s Palace explaining his decision, Major Saroop said: “There is little wrong with our honours system. It is the demeaning contempt for it as practised by [Tony] Blair and Cameron which has led to such disenchantment about an otherwise honourable institution.

“Mr Cameron, often with some pride, indicated that he was the heir to Blair. This is now fully vindicated by his recent ‘ D i s h o n o u r L i s t ’ , wh i c h runs close, possibly even