Ukraine War: Investigate Claim PM Intervened to Help Evgeny Lebedev Get Peerage, Says Starmer

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BBC: Sir Keir Starmer has called for a senior parliamentary committee to investigate claims Boris Johnson pushed for a Russian-born businessman to get a peerage, despite security concerns.

The Sunday Times reports the security services withdrew an assessment that giving Evgeny Lebedev an honour posed a security risk after the PM intervened.

The Labour leader said he was "very concerned" about the case.

However, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab insisted there was no "impropriety".

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday Morning programme, Mr Raab said: "There is a very strict and stringent process when anyone is granted a peerage".

He added that the rules around the honours process were "applied very rigorously in this case."

"This was done properly and correctly and we have procedures and systems in place to make sure it is." » | BBC | Sunday, March 6, 2022

Fat Speaker, Fat Pension!
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MAIL Online: Michael Martin will get a peerage and a £1.4million pension pot, despite being the first Commons Speaker to be ousted in more than 300 years.

He finally fell on his sword after Gordon Brown intervened to tell him the game was up.

Mr Martin will stand down as Speaker and quit as an MP on June 21 after presiding over the Commons for eight years which have brought Parliament to its lowest ebb in centuries. Arise, Lord Gorbals: Peerage and £1.4m Pension for Shamed Speaker Who Quit in 34 Seconds >>> Tim Shipman | Wednesday, May 20, 2009