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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>These are the people we think deserve commendation this year. Unlike the official list, the one that we have compiled is not influenced by politics or money, writes Tom Calver.every six months, committees of civil servants and independent experts pore through thousands of applications to decide who will receive an honour from the Queen.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of Sir Tom Scholar, the permanent secretary to the Treasury, a list is compiled of who has \u201cmade achievements in public life\u201d and \u201ccommitted themselves to serving and helping Britain\u201d. Anyone can be nominated for an award in the Queen\u2019s birthday and new year lists. Yet the reasons why an application succeeds are kept secret.Of the 1,239 chosen last Christmas, 803 were recognised for work in the community. But some high-profile appointments, critics argue, call into question the integrity of the process. Others warn that the system gives an advantage to those willing to pay.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. These are the people we think deserve commendation this year. Unlike the official list, the one that we have compiled is not influenced by politics or money, writes Tom Calver.every six months, committees of civil servants and independent experts pore through thousands of applications to decide who will receive an honour from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":7833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[2355,2361,3569,260,3568],"class_list":["post-7834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-alternative","tag-gambia","tag-heroes"],"yoast_head":"\nThe alternative honours: the Sunday Times\u2019 heroes of 2021 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These are the people we think deserve commendation this year. 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