Tag: peerage
Labour pushes for guarantees over Lebedev peerage
The son of billionaire Russian banker and former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev, he moved to the UK as a child, and has condemned President's Putin's a [...]
Boris Johnson denies intervening over Evgeny Lebedev peerage
PM says it is "simply incorrect" he intervened after "security concerns" were raised over the Russian businessman.
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Ukraine war: Investigate claim PM intervened to help Evgeny Lebedev get peerage, says Starmer
Sir Keir expresses concern over reports PM helped Evgeny Lebedev join the Lords amid security fears.
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Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage
In a letter to the Lords appointment fee, Mr Johnson says its rejection. earlier this month, of Mr Cruddas's nomination for a peerage "pertains to [...]
Labour urges PM to dam ex-MEP’s peerage over IRA feedback
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John Bercow: Ex-Speaker ‘sorry’ to not obtain peerage
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John Bercow: Ex-Speaker says he’s sufferer of a conspiracy in peerage row
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Daybreak Butler: Tories ‘bullying’ Bercow by refusing him a peerage
How would you outline bullying? Maybe it entails aggression or intimidation? Or maybe bullying may embrace name-calling or the use derogatory lang [...]
‘Scandal’ if Bercow bought peerage – ex-Parliament official
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Why Tom Watson’s peerage ought to be blocked
Is Jeremy Corbyn trying to foment the abolition of the Home of Lords? His current peerage nominations counsel so. Corbyn has put ahead a former Sp [...]