Wyre MP, Ben Wallace, is one of two MPs honoured for their response to the Westminster atrocity.



Downing Street has announced that the Queen was "pleased" to approve the appointment of Mr Wallace, government security minister, to the Privy Council.

Tobias Ellwood, a minister who tried to save the life of the police officer murdered in the Westminster attack is also recognised. Mr Ellwood, a Foreign Office minister, ran towards gunfire to help PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed by Khalid Masood after he entered the grounds of the Palace of Westminster.

Mr Wallace helped coordinate the Government's response to Wednesday's terror attack, which left five people dead, including 52-year-old Masood.

The MPs will now be entitled to be referred to as "Right Honourable" and receive top-secret national security briefings as members of the Privy Council.

It is mostly made up of senior politicians, but also includes some bishops and judges, and has advised the monarch since the Norman era.

A Government spokesman said their appointments were "in recognition of their service as ministers and the roles both have played in responding to this week's terrorist attack".