Boris Johnson Did Not Put Pressure on Over Lebedev Peerage, Says Watchdog Chief
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:14 pm
No pressure was exerted by the Prime Minister or Downing Street when it came to recommending Lord Lebedev for a peerage, according to a Lords watchdog. Lord Bew, chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac), told MPs the assessment for the media mogul, whose father was a former KGB agent, was a “unique” process that involved security checks. But he said the committee approved the peerage without interference from Boris Johnson. Questions have been raised over whether the Prime Minister asked anyone in the security services to revise, reconsider or withdraw their assessment of Lord Lebedev, who owns the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers, ahead of his appointment in November 2020. ...
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