Village near Greater Manchester has a 30-year-old baroness - thanks to Boris Johnson

With its smart restaurants, upmarket boutiques and cocktail bars, it's got everything your average multi-millionaire footballer or well-heeled Cheshire housewife could possibly need. And now Alderley Edge even has its own member of the House of Lords.

Arise Baroness Charlotte Owen of Alderley Edge. The 30-year-old will formally take her seat in the upper chamber next week - becoming the youngest life peer in UK history.

Raised in the 'Knightsbridge of the North', Ms Owen's appointment was part of Boris Johnson's controversial resignation honours list. The York University graduate served as a special advisor under Mr Johnson while he was Prime Minister - a role she retained under his successor Liz Truss.

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In total her parliamentary career spanned around five years, including a one month stint as intern to Hazel Grove MP William Wragg and a spell spent working as a senior parliamentary assistant to former Northern Powerhouse minister Sir Jake Berry.

Reportedly a former pupil of the private Alderley Edge School for Girls and a member of the the now disbanded Conservative Future group, Ms Owen could have a seat in the Lords for half a century or more. There she will have a hand in shaping the laws of our country and be able to claim £342 a day in attendance allowances as well as travel expenses

Her appointment came on a list which included a damehood for Priti Patel, knighthoods dished out to Jacob Rees-Mogg and Michael Fabricant, and saw accusations of cronyism thrown at Mr Johnson. She will join the House of Lords just a week after former London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey, who took part in a lockdown-busting Christmas