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Sir Keir Starmer has called for an inquiry into the decision to grant a peerage to a Russian businessman despite a warning by the security services that he would pose a risk to national security.
The prime minister pushed ahead with the nomination of his friend Evgeny Lebedev, the Moscow-born son of an ex-KGB agent and media mogul, after intelligence officials raised concerns.
Johnson is said to have responded to advice to drop it by claiming: “This is anti-Russianism.” The Sunday Times reported that the concerns were withdrawn by security services after Johnson is said to have intervened.
In March 2020, the House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) advised the prime minister against granting Lebedev, 41, a lifetime seat in the Lords. Lebedev owns
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